{"product_id":"fonseca-vintage-port-2016-750ml","title":"Fonseca Vintage Port 2016 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003ePORTUGAL : DOURO : VINTAGE PORT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCONVENTIONAL : Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFULL-BODIED, DARK PLUM, RAISIN, CLOVE, GINGER, LONG-LIVED TANNIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026lt; style=\"margin: 0;\"\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003eFonseca is one of the great historic Port houses, part of the Fladgate Partnership alongside Taylor's and Croft. Winemaker David Guimaraens sources from three quintas: Quinta do Panascal in the Tâvora Valley and Quinta do Cruzeiro and Quinta de Santo António in the Pinhão Valley. Grapes are foot-treaded in granite lagares — the traditional method prized for full phenolic extraction without green astringency — then aged twenty months in wood before bottling unfiltered at 99 g\/L residual sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 vintage was declared by 63 producers, one of the most widely declared Port vintages of the modern era and the first since 2011. A wet spring reduced yields by 25%, concentrating the remaining fruit. A four-week harvest window from mid-September through early October locked in what the trade is calling one of the finest Douro years of this generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026lt; style=\"margin: 0;\"\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003ePAIRINGS :\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAged Stilton or Roquefort\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe classic British Port pairing — salt and savory funk anchor the wine's natural sweetness\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDark chocolate (70%+)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBitter cocoa meets the wine's plum and raisin depth; a textbook dessert match\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWalnuts and dried figs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConcentrated dried fruit echoes the wine's wood-aged oxidative complexity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Fonseca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67645622091821,"sku":"rlh1791818616831","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/5586\/7181\/files\/fonseca-vintage-port-2016-750ml_1.jpg?v=1791818626","url":"https:\/\/www.hollowtreegoods.shop\/products\/fonseca-vintage-port-2016-750ml","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}