1977 Fonseca

[Alex Bridgeman]

Links:

• Review of the evening of 29th March 2012 (The Birthday Boys' Tasting) as a whole;
• Cockburn Special Reserve;
• Fonseca Terra Prima;
• Graham's Finest Reserve;
• Graham's Six Grapes;
• Noval Black;
• Port Society Finest Reserve;
• Ramos Pinto Collector's Reserve;
• Quinta de la Rosa Reserve Ruby;
• 1966 Croft;
• 1977 Fonseca;
• 1970 Graham;
• 1965 Malvedos;
• 1959 Niepoort colheita;
• 1963 Rebello Valente;
• 1955 Warre;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Deep red with a mahogany rim; 40% opaque. Fresh on the nose, attarctive, smelling of blackcurrants and vanilla. Sweet fruit dominates the entry, full of the blueberries of youth but with some mature caramelised meat juices giving complexity and depth. This is still pwerful and assertive; still too young to be at its peak. Tingling and sweet aftertaste and a finish of huge length. This will be a monumental port, but is still so young. Served blind this was guessed to be Graham 1985. 89/100.