On Monday 19th 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 17th (discussion).
Deep red colour, opaque but vibrant and full of life. Delicious on the nose with waves of sweet strawberry fruit - perhaps a bit too sweet and tending to a bit of flabbiness. Rounded in the mouth, giving equal weight and flavour across the palate; full of strawberries and dry cocoa powder tannins. Gets quite big with a decent streak of acidity to give good focus and structure. Lovely port; drinking well now but should develop a better presence and more complexity with more time in the cellar. 87/100.
Top Ports in 2022: Quinta do Noval Nacional 1931. I have never drunk such a wonderful bottle of Port. I cried with joy.
2023: Fonseca 1966. There are not many better Ports.
