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Fonseca Port Vintage 1985
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$88.44
The 1985 Fonseca is still youthful in appearance with hardly any ageing on the rim. The nose offers kirsch, sloes and...
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Fonseca Port Vintage 2000
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$74.95
This has matured, with flavors of red and black currant preserves that have stretched out, while bramble, anise, red...
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Fonseca Port Vintage 2003
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$72.57
Fonseca vintage Ports are always among the most attractive and long-lived. This 2003 conforms magnificently to that...
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Fonseca Port Vintage 2011
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$79.95
The Fonseca 2011 is typically more forthcoming on the nose compared to the bashful Croft: a strident bouquet with...
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Fonseca Port Vintage 2016
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$62.28
Lots of ripe fruit here with raisins and wet earth that turn to violets and hot stones. Full-bodied, tannic and...
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Fonseca
Region: Porto
The city and region of Porto in Portugal has long been regarded as one of the most important wine producing areas on earth, and home to many of the world's most distinctive and characterful wines and fortified wines. So important was it, in the 18th century, it became part of the third ever protected wine region, following one in Hungary, and one in Italy. The wineries of Porto have generations of experience and expertise when it comes to working their land, and the fertile valley sides in the Douro region where Porto is found offers plenty of opportunities for growing a wide range of grape varietals. Most commonly, Porto wineries cultivate Tinta Barroca, Tinta Cão, Tempranillo, Touriga Francesa, and Touriga Nacional grapes, as these are the primary varietals used in the production of Porto's famous Port wines.
Country: Portugal
Portugal has been an important center for wine production ever since the Phoenicians and Carthaginians discovered that the many native grape varietals that grow in the country could be cultivated for making excellent wines. After all, Portugal has something of an ideal wine producing climate and terrain; lush green valleys, dry, rocky mountainsides and extremely fertile soil helped by long, hot summers and Atlantic winds. Today, such a climate and range of terroir produces an impressive variety of wines, with the best wines said to be coming out of the Douro region, the Alentejo and the Colares region near Lisbon. Portugal has an appellation system two hundred years older than France's, and much effort is made by regulating bodies to ensure that the quality of the country's produce remains high, and the wines remain representative of the regions they are grown in.