Fonseca Unfiltered Late Bottle Vintage 2018

Fonseca unfiltered Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) is a powerful and intense Port with luscious black cherry, cassis, blackberry and plum fruit, along with spicy cedar, chocolate notes and a herby minty freshness on the finish. It is a rich, complex dinner treat that is excellent with stilton or cigars, or both! The wine is unfiltered so is best decanted prior to serving.

Fonseca is undoubtedly one of the great names of the Douro Valley, having consistently produced excellent vintage Ports since their first release in 1840. The first recorded sales from founder Joao dos Santos Fonseca were recorded in 1815. The company then flourished with additional investment from the prominent Monteiro merchant family. A trading arm was established in London in 1822 after a young Manoel Pedro Guimaraens was exiled from Portugal due to his political allegiance. This allowed the company to grow further, only moving their office back to Portugal from London over 100 years later in 1927. The company was sold to Taylors in 1948, but the company is still largely run by members of the Fonseca Guimaraens family. Most of their grapes are grown within their three brilliant and unique Quintas – Do Panascal, De Santo Antonio and Do Cruzeiro.