allowing us to craft a wine with both freshness and depth of fruit
Jasnieres is a tiny appellation in France's Loire Valley that specializes in Chenin Blanc
Golden yellow with greenish highlights
Intense golden color with ochre and copper tones
The overall style is fruity with fresh
Fonseca Port Vintage 2017 skus_US-XLW-02-NV allowing us to craft aA narrow magenta ring around a core of inky purple black. The nose opens with a burst of dark, woodland fruit, dense and succulent, blended with fresher, more vibrant red berry aromas. A slatey minerality holds this exuberant fruitiness in check. At this stage, the nose is still reserved and discreetly aromatic, revealing leafy, balsamic scents and cedary notes of sawn wood. The first impression on the palate, as on the nose, is of tightly packed,