Fonseca Vintage Port 2000

BN#127439

$110.00/bottle $104.50/bottle mixed case SKU236

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Wine Spectator Review from barrel tasting

Tightly wound and unyielding. Lots of plum and raisiny character. Full-bodied, medium-sweet and very, very velvety, with lots of fruit and round tannins. Good grip. Very harmonious for Fonseca. 12,500 cases made. Score range: 92-94 (JS)


FONSECA 2000 VINTAGE

Background Notes
The backbone of Fonseca vintage ports are the wines drawn primarily from Fonseca’s three quintas, all located in the Cima Corgo: Quinta de Santo António, Quinta do Cruzeiro, and Quinta do Panascal. All three properties are A-rated, and were purchased by the firm in the 1970s; the former two had been under contract to
Fonseca Guimaraens in the early 1900s. The finest grapes from these quintas are blended with wines from other quintas long under contract to Fonseca to produce its classic vintage ports. The grapes are still trodden by foot in the stone ‘lagares’ of
Cruzeiro and Panascal. Fonseca vintage ports are renowned for their great richness, and, while powerful and mouthfilling, for their exquisite structure and femininity. In the context of each vintage, they combine the tannic dimension and ‘grip’ which give great port its longevity, with the breeding, complexity and perfect balance that are Fonseca’s
hallmarks.

Notes on Viticultural Year and Harvest
A wet 1999 vintage was followed by a cold and dry winter with almost no rain falling to help build up the water reserves. Budburst occurred in the first two weeks along with the dry weather, however, cold conditions and lack of water limited the budburst
development and caused “gavinhas” (french: “vrilles”), thus reducing potential yield. April and May were very wet with half the annual rainfall falling in these two months. Although saving the life of many vines, this caused tremendous vigour which resulted in a poor berry set (french: coulure), which occured at the end of May. June and July were dry and the temperatures produced the ideal growing conditions. The weather was not overly hot. As a result veraison was very homogenous, occurring around the 15 th of July.
August continued dry, with the first half being extremely hot. The end of August and early September had perfect ripening conditions with long warm days. A couple of days of rain between the 10 th and 18 th of September produced the ideal conditions and finished off the ripening. The resulting wines were big and full bodied with intense colour and very attractive
aromatic aromas.

Tasting Notes
Deep purple/ black. Rich, velvety, fresh berry fruit and pear drop aromas. Rounded,
rich, chewy, unctuous, ripe blackberry flavours. Complex. Well structured and
balanced. Smooth and velvety. Good long fresh fruit finish.

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