1966 | Fonseca | Vintage Port

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Fortified Wine: 1966 | Fonseca | Vintage Port

Elegant wine. Mid tawny. Some leafy and spirity notes then demerara sugar, Christmas cake and a dried-blackberry note. Rich, fully sweet and figgy, with a dark-chocolate finish. The alcohol pushes through that a bit, though. Power style over elegance.

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Producer: Fonseca

Ratings: JG | 96 JS | 97

Vintage: 1966

Size: 750ml

ABV: 20%

Varietal: Port Blend

Country/Region: Portugal, Douro

Elegant wine. Mid tawny. Some leafy and spirity notes then demerara sugar, Christmas cake and a dried-blackberry note. Rich, fully sweet and figgy, with a dark-chocolate finish. The alcohol pushes through that a bit, though. Power style over elegance.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: The bouquet on the 1966 is a classic expression of Fonseca, as it simply soars from the glass in a mlange of black cherries, plums, bitter chocolate, tobacco, a touch of tar, earth and intense violets. On the palate the wine is full-bodied and laser-like in its focus, with great mid-palate depth, strong acids, and excellent length and focus on the very intense finish.

• James Suckling: This is still a monster that needs time. Deep ruby, with a ripe, meaty cassis and berry nose, full-bodied, with tons of velvety fruit flavors, full tannins and a very long finish.

Producer Information

Fonseca is a well-regarded Port house producing quality wines and known for the lush, exotic style of its vintage Port releases. Encompassing three quintas (vineyard estates) across the Douro region, the house makes a variety of Port styles, ranging from the reserve ruby, Bin 27, to white ports and Tawny ports of various ages. Fonseca’s vintage releases are the most notable, however, and several vintages have attracted 100-point ratings and glowing reviews from major wine critics. In years deemed not good enough for the top Port, a earlier-drinking label called Guimaraens Vintage is made. The three quintas, or vineyard estates, are located in the Cima Corgo (above the Corgo river and its confluence with the Douro), around the town of Pinho. The Cima Corgo is the more central region, located between the Baixa (lower) Corgo to the west, closer to Porto, and the Douro Superior, which stretches to the border with Spain. Two of the quintas, Quinta do Cruzeiro and Quinta de Santo Antnio, are in the Pinho Valley and have supplied Fonseca with grapes for over a century. The former is associated with providing tannic backbone and dense black fruit to the vintage port, while the latter estate provides aromatic complexity.