1983 Fonseca Vintage Port

[Richard Henderson]

I have several bottles of this port. I have had better experience with it.
Maybe this one bottle was corked? Maybe oxidized or had some damage, hence the seepage? I think I will open one and see for myself!

P.S. I just opened one , beautiful ruby color. I am looking at it through a candle flame in a crystal glass. It looks like the book jacket of Suckling's book.

Layers of fruit and spice on the bouquet. Great power on the entry middle and back palates. Lots of fruit cake flavors and spice and a little honey.

After making these notes , I checked RP's rating and notes. 92 and he said " magnificently complex" and "broad expansive flavors". I agree.
No doubt your bottle was flawed.
Could you classify me as a " less discerning" business associate and send me the balance of the case?

I also note that although they could not have bottled it there, this bottle has a Berry Bros. sticker on the back. Don't know how it made its way into the U.S market and to my local retailer's inventory???

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