1977 Fonseca

[jdaw1]

On Monday 19^th January 2015 we gathered in the Red Room of the Boot and Flogger to drink some Fonseca, including a bottle that had been drawn from an imperial on Saturday 17^th (discussion).

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1985 Fonseca (imperial);
• 1985 Fonseca (magnum ‘#1’);
• 1985 Fonseca (single);
• 1992 Fonseca (‘†’);
• 1999 Ferreira Quinta da Leda (‘‡’);
• 2000 Sandeman;
• 1992 Fonseca (AHB);
• 1970 Fonseca (MPM);
• 1955 Fonseca (IDJ);
• Unknown Fonseca (CMAG);
• 1977 Fonseca (CPR);
• Placemats;
• Food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

F77. Bright red, opacity not noted. Palate of bright cherry. Heat. Lovely structure, mid weight. Lovely.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Mature red colour, 75% opaque. Faint fruit nose, lots of sweet cherries. Sweet fruit and candied cherries and slightly powdery tannins on the palate - reminds me of Hartley's Jelly Crystals, but in a good way. Lovely layering and development on the palate, chock full of candied glace cherries. Very sweet fruit aftertaste. Soft on the finish, full of slightly woody licorice root. 96/100.