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Inventory updated: Mon, Jan 26, 2026 04:02 PM cst
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Regions: Port
Vintages: Between 1983 and 1983
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Wine |
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| Fonseca |
1983 |
Port (6x750ML) 
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$698.98 |
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FTLOP 91 (10/2007): A controversial wine in some circles, I?ve always enjoyed the ?83 although I have never considered it in the top tier of the vintage. Plum and black cherry in profile with a mocha note. Smooth and drinking pretty well today, it is slightly simple without much going on in the middle and a modest length to the finish. I came back to this later in the evening and it had put on some weight and filled in around the mid-section. Initially it just needed more time in the decanter.
WA 93 (1/1989): Fonseca is one of the great port lodges, producing the most exotic and most complex port. If Fonseca lacks the sheer weight and power of a Taylor, Dow or Warre, or the opulent sweetness and intensity of a Graham, it excels in its magnificently complex, intense bouquet of plummy, cedary, spicy fruit and long, broad, expansive flavors. With its lush, seductive character, one might call it the Pomerol of Vintage ports. When it is young, it often loses out in blind tastings to the heavier, weightier, more tannic wines, but I always find myself upgrading my opinion of Fonseca after it has had 7-10 years of age. The 1983 is magnificently scented, full-bodied, creamy, rather forward, but showing great length and character. |
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| Warre |
1983 |
Port (12x750ML)
ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. This item may be subject to tariffs. |
$1,090.98 |
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MB [****] (9/1997): Eleven notes. The usual classic appearance in 1985: opaque centre and violet rim. Very deep plummy purple by autumn 1986. In 1990 powerful yet restrained, almost chewable; sweet without being cloying, lovely flavour and textutre, a bit lean but with characteristic Warre elegance and firm dry tannic finish. Texture and harmony noted at the Dow, Graham, Warre tasting in 1994 and its smooth 'elegance' and flesh in 1996. Now medium-deep, mature, drinking well. An attractive 1983. Drink now-2015.
WA 90 (1/1989): This house makes rather restrained yet rich, flavorful vintage port and a very good tawny called Nimrod. Their vintage ports seem slow to develop, and while they never quite have the voluptuous richness of a Dow, Graham, or Fonseca, they have a unique mineral-scented character that gives them their own complexity and style. The 1983 is richly perfumed and fragrant, which is so typical of the ports from this vintage, and is seemingly more forward than normal. |
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