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Fonseca bin 27 fine reserve port.
In contrast there has been a lowering of demand over the past year priced in the middle range for red wines from reserve ruby port.
From the legendary 1840 fonseca s first vintage port release to the iconic 1868 and the extraordinary 1927 1948 1977 and 1994 all four of them 100 point wines the house has produced a succession of highly acclaimed wines.
It is produced primarily from wines from fonseca s own quintas in the cima corgo and thus shows an exceptional quality and consistency from year to year.
An entry in the ledgers of the royal monopoly company records the firm s first trading activity the purchase of 32 pipes of port by joão dos santos fonseca on 8 th april 1815.
27 was created over a century ago for family consumption and only released commercially in 1972.
To thousands of wine drinkers and port lovers bin 27 is the wine that springs to mind.
Some of these wines are drawn from fonseca s own estates and others made from grapes supplied by independent farmers with which the company maintains a close relationship.
Not the world s best selling port for nothing this.
Bin 27 is a reserve port made using the same approach to making a late bottled vintage with extended wood ageing making the wine ready to drink upon its release.
Stores and prices for fonseca premium reserve bin 27 port prices stores tasting notes and market data.
Tannins are encased in generous red fruits giving a wine that is smooth with just a touch of.
Few port producers have maintained such consistency of quality and style from vintage to vintage.
This is the fifth most popular wine from reserve ruby port.
Today fonseca bin 27 continues to be blended from selected reserve ports chosen for their smooth round full bodied palate and their fine intense fruit character.
This year fonseca proudly celebrates 200 years of family tradition and achievement.
The americans go wild about it for a start and whilst in most things that s an aberration in the case of port it s a pretty clear indication that.
Following the custom of naming fonseca s crusted ports using bin numbers such as bin 740 or bin 82 vg alistair robertson fonseca s chairman decided to call the new blend bin 27 in a revival of this tradition in 1972 when the project came to fruition.
Fonseca celebrates its 200th anniversary 12 march 2015.
This wine however is blended from several vintages to achieve a consistent house style.
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