FONSECA

Fonseca 20 Year Old Port

Trust your Taste

Ripe plum and mature fruit mingle with cinnamon, butterscotch and gentle oak in this twenty-year-old tawny. Sweet and mellow, it offers rounded texture and nutty, spicy depth. Try it slowly after dinner to enjoy the layers.

PalateKeyBr · Broad & Generous
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Generous presence, rounded richness and layered flavour favour Broad palates. PalateKey groups wines by how they feel, helping you find styles you enjoy. Your own taste comes first.

This suits you if you enjoy mature tawny with plum, cinnamon and nutty depth.

It may not suit you if you prefer dry wines or fresh youthful berries.

Douro, Portugal750 ml bottle20.0% alcohol
$139.99per bottle
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Tasting Notes
  • Region Portugal
  • Extras New
  • Style Port
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Tasting Notes
  • Region Portugal
  • Extras New
  • Style Port

How this wine feels

This feels full and rounded, with little drying grip. Mature fruit shares the middle with nuts and warm spice, giving a mellow finish.

The sliders show how strongly each characteristic comes through. Higher does not mean better.

Structural IntensityFirm presence7/10
DelicatePowerful

How much presence and firmness the wine has in your mouth.

Astringency / TanninVery little grip2/10
Little gripFirm grip

The drying, gripping feeling on your gums.

Acidity SharpnessFresh5/10
GentleZesty

The fresh, mouth-watering edge of the wine.

Bitterness / SavourinessPronounced7/10
LittlePronounced

Bitter, herbal or savoury character beyond the fruit.

Softness / RoundnessRounded8/10
FirmRounded

How smooth and rounded the wine feels.

Sweet-Fruit ExpressionPronounced fruit7/10
Subtle fruitRipe fruit

Ripe fruit character. This is not a sugar-sweetness rating.

Ripe fruit flavours can be present in dry wines. Sweet-Fruit Expression describes fruit character, not residual sugar.

For the detail-minded
20.0% alcohol