Fonseca, Vintage Port, 1985 round and rich bottling barely a couple thousand

bottling barely a couple thousand numbered bottles of pure high-altitude Sangiovese

Combe aux Moines (here Combes Aux Moines) is one of Gevrey's most highly regarded premier crus

seven months on its lees

aged for years in used American oak from its own on-site cooperage

and a whisper of creaminess from neutral barrel aging and extended lees contact

Fonseca, Vintage Port, 1985 round and rich bottling barely a couple thousandFonseca 1985 is a celebrated vintage from one of Port's most revered houses, and at forty years old it's a real treat. Vintage Port is bottled young and built to evolve for decades, and this one has had the time to fully unwind. Once tight, dense and minty, it's now layered, perfumed and savory, with the breed and balance that are Fonseca's signature. This is a mature, back vintage bottle, so stand it upright and decant carefully off the substantial