THE PRODUCER
Founded in 1822 when Manuel Pedro Guimaerens acquired control of the Fonseca
estate, and as a condition of the sale insisted his name was retained. The
property now comprises just over 76 hectares of which 44 are vineyards, and all
grapes are food trodden in traditional stone troughs, called lagares, on the
estate. Much of the fruit for the Vintage Ports comes from Fonseca’s Quinta do
Panascal, purchased in 1978, and Quinta do Val dos Muros, purchased in 1985.

THE WINE
Fonseca’s Vintage Ports represent the finest grape material and know-how of a
given year and is sourced from Fonseca’s own estates, Cruzeiro and Santo Antonio
in the Pinhao Valley and the Tavora Valley estate at Panascal. These, Fonseca’s
flagship wines, consistently achieve great scores from the world’s leading wine
critics and, while giving opulent luscious fruit concentration while young, can
easily age for up to 100 years.

INFORMATION
Type:FortifiedVintage:2000
Country:PortugalRegion:DouroGrape:Touriga Franca & Touriga NacionalStyle:Rich
and WarmingSweetness:SweetABV:20%Drinking window:2020 - 2060Size:750mlFood
match:Chocolate and Caramel

CRITICS SCORES

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria(seehow we choose our wines) of
which critic scores is justone. Rather than simply highlight the best score to
promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided
by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do
not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more
weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores
like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a92/100 average critic score or
better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a
high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we
offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the
market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and
representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a a
guide to our customers.