1985 Fonseca

[winesecretary]

Four hour decant.

90% opaque, red rim.

Marvellously grapey nose but with the classic tuberose Fonseca nose on this bottle clearly discernible.

Palate redolent of dark fruits and churchyard earth. Long finish with warmth but without heat.

Is this now perhaps actually ready? I mean, sure, good for another thirty or forty years, certainly, but perhaps showing some mellowness now, as well as fruit.

Perhaps unnecessary to say, but this is very good port indeed.

[MigSU]

Very good Port!

[Mike J. W.]

This is an excellent Port although I still occasionally come across a bottle of it that's not quite ready to drink. Nonetheless, it's a beautiful Port and I have a case and a half of it quietly resting in my cellar.

[winesecretary]

As another, and very wise, commentator once remarked ‘impossible to be overstocked’.

[mcoulson]

I have some of this snoozing in my cellar as well tho I'm tempted to try a bottle after all these. Comments ....

[Mike J. W.]

I have some of this snoozing in my cellar as well tho I'm tempted to try a bottle after all these. Comments ....

If you have several, I'd certainly try one to get a feel for it. They're now just about to turn 40, so they're ready, except for the rare one-off bottles that seem to still be asleep. It's a wonderful Port, don't delay the pleasure.

[winesecretary]

Being shared with Julian now (together with W85 and Mz85).

A rather lovely cranberry note.

Splendid.