Christie’s roundel
Lot 233

Fonseca--Vintage 1963

Closed8 March 2012

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GBP 1,840

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FINE PORT INCLUDING FONSECA 1963
Lying in Weybridge, Surrey (EHD)
Offered duty-paid, but available in bond
Fonseca--Vintage 1963
Sandeman-bottled. Embossed wax capsules, two damaged, one with slight signs of seepage. Scuffed labels. U.S.A. import slip labels. Levels: eleven into neck, one base of neck
Tasting note: A consistently beautiful wine. One of the top '63's, and one of the best-ever Fonsecas. Most recently, medium-deep, richly coloured; cinnamon and cress fragrance; still sweet, fairly assertive, tall, shapely, lissom. Last tasted Dec 1998 ***** Perfect now-2015 M.B.
12 bottles per lot