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100 POINTS
What a Vintage Port. Dark ruby center, with a dark garnet edge. Aromas of flowers, blackberry and licorice. Subtle and complex. Wow. What a palate. Full, concentrated and rich, yet balanced and beautiful. Solid and sleepy. Still not giving all it has to give. This is just coming around. Gorgeous and classy. Love it.
JAMES SUCKLING/ WINE SPECTATOR
Wine Description
The Story
Fonseca has belonged to the first rank of Vintage Port producers since the mid-nineteenth century. Fonseca Vintage Ports are noted for their luscious fruitiness which develops great opulence and complexity with age. Wines born of inspired winemaking and a thorough understanding of viticulture and terroir, they appeal, perhaps more than any other house's Vintage Ports, to the enthusiast and connoisseur.
Vintage Ports represent the finest pro...
Wine Information
The year started with a wet winter and cold spring with some frost as late as May. The grapes were slow to mature during the cool summer but September was extremely hot and by the end of the month the grapes were ready to pick. Musts were reported as having high acidities and the cool weather at the beginning of October produced long fermentations with plenty of extraction. The year was declared by nearly all the major shippers.
...Vintage 1977
Declared by all the major Port houses, 1977 is a classic vintage. Marked by well structured, balanced wines with strong tannins, the wines from 1977 have great elegance and staying power. The best of them have the tannin and structure to age for decades.
