Fonseca Port

Fonseca is a Port wine house whose history page dates the foundation of the house of Fonseca to 1815. Its official site states that it is famed for its Vintage Port and that the Fonseca Port house style is one of richness with a lush fruit intensity. The house's first Vintage Port release is described as the legendary 1840, and its Bin 27 was launched in Britain in 1972.

The official history page of Fonseca records the foundation of the house of Fonseca in 1815. It lists the first Fonseca Vintage Ports in 1840, Manoel Fonseca Guimaraens taking over in 1857, and Pedro Gonçalves Guimaraens in 1885. The timeline continues with the development of the export business in 1910, the post-war years in 1918, the closing of the London firm in 1926, the Yeatman loans in 1939, Dick Yeatman bringing in young partners in 1961, Alistair Robertson taking charge in 1967, expanding into new markets in 1986, David Guimaraens returning to Oporto in 1990, Adrian and Natasha Bridge taking the helm in 1994, and the new generation in 2012. The About Fonseca page states that from the legendary 1840, Fonseca's first Vintage Port release, to the superb declared vintages of the last decade, the house has produced a succession of highly acclaimed wines even in the most adverse moments of history.

Famed for its Vintage Port, with a house style of richness and lush fruit intensity.

• Vintage Port

• Guimaraens Vintage

• Quinta do Panascal Vintage

• 20 Year Old Tawny

• 10 Year Old Tawny

• BIN27

• LBV

• Terra Prima

• Crusted

• Ruby

• Siroco White Port

1. Fonseca Porto - Homepage
2. Our History - Fonseca Porto
3. The History of the Douro Valley - Fonseca Porto
4. About Fonseca - Port Wines