1963 Fonseca

[Alex Bridgeman]

Bottle d.

The forth of 8 bottles from the single lot of unknowns bought at auction. Modest red colour, quite light in tone; 40% opaque. Hot on the nose, not showing much other than the spirit. Medium bodied, less sweet then the previous bottles [which turned out all to have been Dow 1960] and tasting younger with firmer tannins and more fruit. There is a flash of sweet fruit and then a charcoal dominated aftertaste where the fruit fades quickly to a modest level and then persists at that level for some time. Served blind this was guessed to be Taylor 1970. 87/100. Drunk 23 April 2013 with a 6 hour decant.