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Auction Ends: 2/3/2018 11:00:00 AM PDT

Lot #722. Fonseca Vintage Porto 1948

Description: Consists of 3 Bottles, 0.75L
Region: Portugal, Douro, Porto.
Score: 100 WS.
"This is astonishingly youthful; it could almost pass as a barrel sample on the palate. The perfect Port? Deep ruby with a slight garnet edge, rich aromas of violets and fruit, extremely full-bodied, with plenty of violet and fruit flavors, full tannins and a long, balanced finish. Can drink now, but it will age for decades." WineSpectator.com, 1989
Provenance: The Tower Cellar
Notes: 2 base neck, 1 very top shoulder, 1 cracked wax capsule, 1 partially exposed top of cork, 1 sign of past slight seepage, 1 lightly torn, scuffed, lightly bin soiled labels, 2 different importers, 2 x Cawdron bottlings, 1 x Peatling bottling,
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Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $2,250

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