TN: 2000 Fojo Douro

[Frederick Blais]

Tonight I had another Douro dry red wine, Fojo 2000.

This estate is run by the sister of Jorge Borges who is in charge of Passadouro and is the owner of Pintas. The color is still opaque and showing little age on the edge. The nose is simply charming! Showing such nice floral and dark ripe fruits. The floral notes are so much dominating that I'd smell that wine for ages. On the palate, packed with ripe dark pruits, tannins are still tightly knit, lots of wood chip flavours and graphite recalling some Pauillac show on the finale. The wine is perfectly balanced and would still need another 2 years before showing more complexity and letting the tannins integrate a bit. 17.5/20

This bottle was bought in Portugal and it is showing the same profile as the one bought in USA.

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