Nose of slightly vegetal/leafy/licorice/cedary red fruits – complex but the vegetal element is a touch distracting. (This was perplexing as I’d not come across it before in the ’66, but I have found it in Fonseca, for example ’83 and ’97). Similar flavours on the palate with more coffee/cedary concentrated fruit – somewhat plumy still – long with still some tannins to soften further – with a hint of smoke on the finish. Quite youthful really, but very drinkable. The small dregs left the next day (no sediment in them) bizzarely showed no green notes at all. I’ve no explanation for what it was then, as underripe fruit is underripe fruit and I’m working on the assumption it ain’t going to disappear with aeration! 95+ points ?
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1966 Fonseca Vintage Port
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