Fonseca Vintage - 2003
The Porto Fonseca Vintage comes from a single exceptional vintage and represents the best production of the domains of the house. It is a long-keeping wine that improves in the bottle for many years or even decades. Keep the bottle lying down. This Porto Wine will form a natural deposit as it ages and must be decanted carefully in carafe. By reaching its bicentennial, the Fonseca house continues to define itself among the great houses of Porto Vintage, a wine producer by enthusiasts for the enthusiasts. The Fonseca house traces its origins to the first part of the 19th century. The first official line of the company in its accounting book is the 8th April 1815, when it bought 32 casks of Porto. In 1863, the brothers Guimaraens took control of the fate of the Fonseca brand and its trade in London and Porto. The London office continues to develop its market and already at this time, the Fonseca house can enjoy a very good reputation. The Phylloxera crisis and the consequences on the vineyard, the First World War and the pressure on transport, the development of new market like Holland and Asia, the closing of its office of commerce in London, And the consequence in Europe, the introduction of export quotas in 1938 and the increase in the stocks of Porto were so many tests that, if they did not destroy Fonseca House,