Fonseca Port
The house of Fonseca traces its origins in 1815 by firm’s founder João dos Santos Fonseca. Four families did shape the company’s destiny since, but was in 1949 that Yeatman’s and their descendants steered it successfully.
Fonseca owns three main mountainous vineyards, which are located in different parts of the best wine-growing areas of the Douro region: Quinta do Cruzeiro, Quinta de Santo António, and Quinta do Panascal.
Vintage Ports
Vintage Port represents the very best produce of a single outstanding year. It remains in the vat for only about two years and then ages in bottle. Vintage Ports will continue to age and improve in bottle for decades.
Guimaraens Vintage 2004
Country: Valença do Douro, Portugal
Raw material: Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão
Alcohol: 20%
Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage Port was first released in the 1930s and has improved since then.
Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage Ports are drawn from the produce of the same three estates in years when the wines are more supple and early maturing, resulting in a full complexity of fruits.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep ruby
Aroma: A rich bouquet of black fruits, plums, and nuts
Taste: Complex and intense fruit,
Variants: *
Vintage Port
Quinta do Panascal Vintage
* Bottled Aged Port – are capable of maturing in bottle.
** Wood-Aged Port – are those which age entirely in cask or vat and are ready to drink when they are bottled.
Full-Bodied & Fruity Ports
Full-bodied and fruity Ports are aged for a relatively short time, between two to three years, in large oak vats. General higher quality wines are aged for slightly longer between four and six years.
BIN 27 Reserve
Country: Valença do Douro, Portugal
Raw material: Tinta Cão, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, and Touriga Nacional
Alcohol: 20%
Fonseca Bin No27 was created over a century ago for family consumption, and only released commercially in 1972.
BIN 27 Reserve age entirely in cask or vat and are ready to drink when they are bottled.
Fonseca Bin No27 is a blend from reserve wines selected for their intense fruit character. Ages for about four years in large wooden vats prior bottling.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Ruby
Aroma: Intense rich fruits of blackberry, cassis, cherry and plum, and hints of spices
Taste: Full-bodied and round, with a velvety texture, balanced tannins, and further black fruit flavours
Variants:
(*)
Crusted
Commemorative Crusted
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Ruby
Terra Prima Reserve
* Bottled Aged Port – are capable of maturing in bottle.
** Wood Aged Port – are those which age entirely in cask or vat and are ready to drink when they are bottled.
Rich & Mellow Ports
Rich and mellow tawny Ports are aged for longer periods in small oak casks. The relatively small volume of wine compared to the surface area of the vessel increases the contact with the wood.
Tawny Port
Country: Valença do Douro, Portugal
Raw material: Tinta Amarela, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional
Alcohol: 20%
Fonseca Tawny spends three years ageing in small wooden casks, and then blended few months before bottling for balance and harmony.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Tawny-red
Aroma: Apricot and plum, butterscotch and spice
Taste: Rich jammy flavours, black fruits, and balanced acidity
Variants: **
Tawny 10 Years Old
Tawny 20 Years Old
* Bottled Aged Port – are capable of maturing in bottle.
** Wood Aged Port – are those which age entirely in cask or vat and are ready to drink when they are bottled.
White Ports
White Ports are made from traditional white grapes from Douro region and are usually aged for two or three years in large oak vats.
Siroco Extra Dry
Country: Valença do Douro, Portugal
Raw material: Malvasia Fina, Gouveio, Viosinho, Rabigato and Arinto
Alcohol: 20%
Fonseca Siroco is made in the traditional way, by foot treading, but fermented for longer than others, in order to lower the sugar which creates the dry finish.
The aging process takes about four years in a wooden cask.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Pale straw
Aroma: Superb balance of ripe fruit, delicate acidity and elegant notes of wood aging
Taste: Dry, crisp, fresh, full of fruity flavours
Variants: **
White
* Bottled Aged Port – are capable of maturing in bottle.
** Wood-Aged Port – are those which age entirely in cask or vat and are ready to drink when they are bottled.
