1942 Fonseca Guimaraens

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
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jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
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Re: 1942 Fonseca Guimaraens

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FG42. Tawny orange, 30% opaque. Nose subdued. To taste, ‟sour, off”.

Later, better, the sourness having crystallised into leather and tobacco. Very light.
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Alex Bridgeman
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Re: 1942 Fonseca Guimaraens

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The palest wine of the tasting, a very light orange colour, perhaps only 10% opaque. Weak and light on the nose, slightly medicinal. Elegant entry, light bodied, very floral but with a touch of grapefruit bitterness that grows in the mouth. A peppery aftertaste which lasts hotly for a good time. Lovely elegance and very tasty — and also a wine which rewarded patience to allow it to sit and improve in the glass as this was much better at the end of the tasting than at the start. 84/100.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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