Product details
Quinta do Panascal is a substantial Grade A property located in the heart of the Távora valley, in the Cima Corgo region of the Douro. The Quinta undertook an ambitious planting programme from 1987-1995 and is now one of the largest Quintas in the Douro valley, producing top quality port. A Quinta do Panascal Vintage port is produced only when a general Fonseca declaration is not made, as this wine forms the backbone of a Fonseca Vintage port blend. The decision to bottle a Quinta do Panascal vintage is taken when the wine is judged to be of exceptional quality. Like a Fonseca vintage port the wine spends two years ageing in wooden casks before being bottled. However, the wine is not released immediately after it is bottled but left to mature in Fonseca’s cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia until it is ready for drinking; normally ten years after the harvest.
Grape Varieties:
Traditional grape varieties
Tasting Notes:
A fat, plump, luscious wine. Full of rounded, ripe jammy fruit aromas. Almost warm 'marmalade' like note to the nose. The ripeness and richness of fruit is reinforced in the mouth with flavours of plump, bursting plums and cherries. Great notes of tobacco, smoky tea (lapsang) and spice. A warm, velvety, satiny wine. An enticingly very textural wine.
Store and Serve Advices:
Should be opened two hours before serving and decanted. Serve between 17º and 18º C. Store the bottle on its side, in a cool, dry and dark place.
Food Pairing:
Vintage Ports are after meal drinks. Take them with cheese like Stilton or Gorgonzola. But you can also incorporate them into a meal, combining for instance a Steak au Poivre with a young Vintage.
Allergens:
Contains sulphites.
Reviews and Awards:
. 94 points in Wine Enthusiast Magazine;
. 90 points in Wine Spectator Magazine;
. 90 points in Wine & Spirits Magazine;
. 17 points in Revista de Vinhos;
. 16,5 points in Jancis Robinson.
Disclaimer:
This product may include a wooden or a cardboard outer box. If so, we will include the outer box and pack it in a way to avoid any type of breakage during transport. However, we cannot be held responsible for damage to the outer box, as only the product as shown in the images is insured. If you have any specific instructions or questions about the box, please contact our customer service team and we will do our best to fulfill your request.
17 points·Fonseca Quinta do Panascal Vintage Port 2004
expand_moreThe aroma is already at the point, fruit in syrup, elegant, fine, herbal liqueurs, spices. Soft and well proportioned in the mouth, it gives much pleasure to drink now, polished and silky. A pleasure that no longer requires guard.