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Fonseca Late Bottle Vintage 2012
BOTTLE:
$55.00
Out of stock
SKU
60254
HALF-DOZEN: $313.50 or $52.25 each
DOZEN: $594.00 or $49.50 each
DOZEN: $594.00 or $49.50 each
Fonseca is one of the great port houses famous for their rich and powerful styles of vintager Port. They also do a fantastic range of "lesser wines" that always are worth a look-in with their LBV's a particular favourite of ours. PWS
The 2012 Late Bottled Vintage Port is an unfiltered field blend and comes in with 105 grams of residual sugar. It was bottled with a bar-top cork after five years in used French oak. Sexy but elegant, this is chock-full of delicious fruit, sweet on the end and relatively fresh. The mid-palate is just average in depth, but the classic Port flavors are all up front. In its youth, it does have a bit of an exuberant feel despite the freshness. Generally, people don't age LBVs with bar-top corks, but this can hold, if there no cork failure, and develop a bit too. Happily, you can also drink it right now. MARK SQUIRES, eRobertParker
The 2012 Late Bottled Vintage Port is an unfiltered field blend and comes in with 105 grams of residual sugar. It was bottled with a bar-top cork after five years in used French oak. Sexy but elegant, this is chock-full of delicious fruit, sweet on the end and relatively fresh. The mid-palate is just average in depth, but the classic Port flavors are all up front. In its youth, it does have a bit of an exuberant feel despite the freshness. Generally, people don't age LBVs with bar-top corks, but this can hold, if there no cork failure, and develop a bit too. Happily, you can also drink it right now. MARK SQUIRES, eRobertParker