{"id":4686,"date":"2020-04-29T15:13:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/produto\/fonseca-port-vintage-2003-375cl\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T22:32:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:32:45","slug":"port-wine-fonseca-vintage-2003-375ml","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/e-dega.com\/en\/product\/port-wine-fonseca-vintage-2003-375ml\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Wine Fonseca Vintage 2003 37,5cl"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Port Wine Fonseca Vintage 2003 37,5cl &#8211;\u00a0 Half bottle<\/h5>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Tasting notes:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Beautiful deep color with red brick halo. Nose of good depth, sweet and harmonious, something witty, rich, soft touches of black chocolate and cherry (cherry tomatoes).<\/div>\n<div>Harmonious and elegant, some quality structure with amazing notes of spices and mint, very clear fruit, soft. A Vintage of great pleasure, now with good tannins to take you to an old age. It appears softer than normal.<\/div>\n<div>Nose close. Huge fruit, black currant and blackberry, truly intense jam with notes of cocoa and firm but silky tannins. A powerful wine Vintage Port. Ripe fruit quality, good expression, cherry, a charming character.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">WINE REVIEW<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">AUGUST 2005-19 20 POINTS<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">&#8220;Delicate and charming aroma. Floral notes, elegant morello cherry, dried herbs, soft chemical nuances. On the palate displays a strange blend of power and elegance, complex, with silk covered steel tannins, all in harmony and super tuned, with a extremely long finish. &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">WINE ENTHUSIAST<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">NOVEMBER 2005, NO 3 OF WE&#8217;S TOP 100 WINES OF 2005<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">&#8220;The da Fonseca Vintage wines are always among the most attractive and between greater longevity. This 2003 sets magnificently to this model. It is structured, but also so rich, powerful and opulent. There cassis flavors and black fig and also sweet tannins. It&#8217;s already delicious and delightful remain throughout his life. &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">JAMES SUCKLING<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">WINE SPECTATOR ONLINE<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">95-100<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">&#8220;Wild Flavors, with flowers, blueberries and passion fruit. Full-bodied, big in taste. Moderately sweet. The end spans minutes.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">A mega wine young Port. Fonseca. What was the challenge? &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">NOTES OF THE YEAR<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3;\">The winter preceding the 2003 harvest was very wet. Flowering took place in late May, with warm and bright time, under conditions regarded as one of the best in years.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">The first two weeks of August provided the intense summer heat that often precedes a great wine Vintage. The second half of August was cooler and two days of rain perfectly timely eventually favor the ripening of the grapes at the end of the month.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 15.6px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica;\">The time of the grape harvest in September was warm, dry and yields were uniform for all castes, ensuring balance and complexity in the wines.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The concept:<br \/>\nThe Fonseca brand is famous for its Vintage Port wines, the style of this house is based on the richness, intensity and exuberance of the fruit, in a renowned huge dimension and protagonism. 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