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A beautiful red color with intense tawny shades that recall its slow maturation in wood. Its bouquet is intense and rich with hints of very ripe fruit like plums and apricots and floral notes. A full bodied and rich flavored wine,... Read More

The 2016 Vintage Port is a field blend that was not quite bottled when seen (set for a week later), but it was the final blend. It was aged for 20 months in wood and comes in with 99 grams of residual sugar. This Fonseca is remarkably... Read More

Date, fig and mulled plum fruit flavors form this broad and juicy core. Cinnamon, black tea and hazelnut notes fill in the background. Shows some power, with the cut and drive for balance.

Lovely, with date and persimmon notes that are melded seamlessly, picking up light bitter orange, ginger and green tea accents along the way. Echoes of sweet golden raisin and hazelnut linger on the finish, which is polished and... Read More

The NV 30 Years Tawny Port was bottled in 2013 with a bar-top cork and 125 grams per liter of residual sugar. This is smoother and more harmonious than the Dow this issue, a contrast in house styles. If the Dow's this issue... Read More

A warm, lush style, with brown bread, fig compote, ginger marmalade and date flavors coating the palate before streaks of bitter orange and almond kick in, imparting cut and enlivening the finish. A note of incense weaves around... Read More

A very alluring style, with toasted sesame, salted caramel, golden raisin, singed cinnamon and sandalwood notes leading the way for halva, pistachio and dried persimmon flavors. There's lots here, with a suave finish to boot.... Read More

The NV 30 Year Old Tawny Port was bottled in 2017 with a bar-top cork and 130 grams per liter of residual sugar. The last release I saw of this was pretty fine. So, too, here. This adds a layer of depth and more complexity to... Read More

The NV 40 Year Old Tawny Port was bottled in 2016 with a bar top cork and 145 grams per liter of residual sugar. This adds a bit more brandy as a nuance on the finish to the 30, reviewed this issue, but it still seems much like... Read More

The 1966 Colheita Tawny Port was bottled in 2015 with 126.3 grams per liter of residual sugar, and comes with a bar top cork (as is typical here). As we start getting seriously old in the lineup from Sogevinus this issue, this... Read More

The 1979 Colheita Tawny Port is an equal blend of Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinta Barroca bottled in May of 2019 with 134 grams of residual sugar and a bar-top cork. Lovely, this has a remarkably fresh... Read More

The 1981 Colheita Tawny Port comes in with 150 grams per liter of residual sugar. This is lovely, dark, burnished and unctuous. From a rather poor vintage year, this still shows well, demonstrating yet again that you can't... Read More

The 2000 Colheita Tawny Port is a roughly equal blend of Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinta Barroca coming in with 116 grams of residual sugar. This release was bottled in July 2020 with a bar-top cork. There... Read More

Bright, with caramelized peach, green tea, green plum and salted caramel notes woven together nicely. Date and ginger peel notes dapple the finish. Very stylish. Drink now. 25 cases imported.