Winery Fonseca - Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port

Winery FonsecaLate Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port of Winery Fonseca is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Tinta Cão.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, vanilla

Wine with earth taste

honey, leather

Wine with spices taste

licorice, pepper

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, banana

On the nose the Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port of Winery Fonseca in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or almonds and sometimes also flavors of cinnamon, cheese or fig.

Food and wine pairings with Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port

Pairings that work perfectly with Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port

Original food and wine pairings with Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port

The Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port of Winery Fonseca matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pork tongue with tomato sauce and pickles or croque monsieur with chopped steak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Fonseca's Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
20°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

Last vintages of this wine

Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port - 2017
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port - 2016
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port - 2015
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110
Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port - 2014
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port - 2013
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port - 2012
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port - 2011
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered Port from Winery Fonseca are 1985, 1992, 1999, 1997 and 1994.

Informations about the Winery Fonseca

The winery offers 29 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This winery is part of the Taylor Fladgate.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Fonseca is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 1000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 150 of of Porto wines
In the top 400 of natural sweet wines
In the top 25000 wines of the world

The wine region of Porto

The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Duriense

Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.

News related to this wine

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

A panel discussion about the Chablis appellation

This film is the recording of a webinar on Chablis wines organized in December 2020 with four personalities from Hong Kong: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. They explain the purity of Chablis wines, discuss the latest vintages, and also talk about food and wine pairings, as well as global warming and the transition to more sustainable practices. #Chablis #P ...

The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

The word of the wine: Dense

Rich and concentrated wine with tight tannins and a consistent body.

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