TASTING NOTES

The 2007 Fonseca Vintage Port is opaque purple-colored with a high-class perfume of lavender, Asian spices, pencil lead, incense, and an amalgam of black fruits. On the palate it is voluminous with layered, succulent fruit, outstanding density, and excellent integration of tannin, acidity, and alcohol. The long finish and the wine’s impeccable balance suggest a lengthy evolution and a drinking window extending out to 2045.

Fonseca vintage port is a selection of the very finest wines from a single classic year, bottled after two years in wood.  Only when the wines of a particular year are judged to be of exceptional quality and concentration is a Fonseca vintage declared.  This rare wine succeeds 180 years of great, often legendary Fonseca vintage ports.  Vintage ports continue to age in the bottle, and will continue to improve for many years.  The port should be stored horizontally with the label or crest uppermost.  As the port ages it will form natural deposits in the bottle and should be decanted with care before it is served.