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From the legendary 1840, the first Vintage Port wine to be launched on the market, to the fantastic vintages declared in the last decade, the company has produced a series of acclaimed wines, even in the most adverse moments in history.<\/p>\n
James Suckling, in his reference book on Vintage Port wines, describes the following: \u201cFonseca Vintage Ports are consistently perhaps the best of all. Not only do they have remarkable corpulence and powerful wealth when they are young, but they also maintain that youth for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n
This consistency is the result not only of the continuity of family involvement and of all the knowledge and skills passed down from generation to generation, as well as a very close connection with the vineyard. The company's three properties \u2013 Cruzeiro, Panascal and Santo Ant\u00f3nio \u2013 are the heart of the character that distinguishes its Vintage Port wines.<\/p>\n
Fonseca's respect for the vineyard and its unique environment in the Douro region is expressed in the company's leadership in the area of sustainable and organic viticulture. This was the first production house to produce Port wine entirely made from organically produced grapes.<\/p>\n
However, to wine enthusiasts around the world, Fonseca is best known as the producer of Bin No.27. This Reserve Port wine, launched four decades ago, is one of the most popular and successful batches of Port wine. Sharing the heritage of the great Fonseca Vintage Port wines, Bin No. 27 displays the opulent fruity character that defines the Fonseca house style.<\/p>\n
Perhaps more than any other Port wine producing house, Fonseca has built a loyal community of Port enthusiasts who value its individuality and the inimitable character of its wines. This community includes connoisseurs, collectors, sommeliers and restaurant service entrepreneurs, as well as those who simply enjoy drinking their wonderfully rich and complex Port wines.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quatro anos antes, as for\u00e7as anglo-portuguesas sob o comando de Wellington haviam expulsado o ex\u00e9rcito de Napole\u00e3o de Portugal ap\u00f3s um longo e amargo conflito.\u00a0A paz j\u00e1 havia retornado ao pa\u00eds e a prosperidade ao com\u00e9rcio do Porto.\u00a0Mas foi apenas no inverno anterior que o ex\u00e9rcito franc\u00eas finalmente foi expulso da Espanha, encerrando a guerra na pen\u00ednsula.\u00a0Napole\u00e3o continuou a lan\u00e7ar sua sombra por toda a Europa e, enquanto Fonseca se lan\u00e7ava como um carregador de porto bem-sucedido, as pot\u00eancias aliadas reuniam seus ex\u00e9rcitos para enfrent\u00e1-lo.<\/span><\/p>\n No domingo, 18 de\u00a0 Junho <\/span>de 1815, dez semanas ap\u00f3s o in\u00edcio do com\u00e9rcio de Fonseca, a her\u00f3ica batalha final das Guerras Napole\u00f4nicas foi travada perto da vila de Waterloo, onde hoje \u00e9 a B\u00e9lgica.\u00a0A derrota do Grande Arm\u00e9e de Napole\u00e3o nas m\u00e3os do ex\u00e9rcito prussiano e das for\u00e7as anglo-holandesas lideradas pelo duque de Wellington encerrou 26 anos de conflito entre a Fran\u00e7a e as pot\u00eancias europeias e \u00e9 um dos principais pontos de virada da hist\u00f3ria moderna.<\/span><\/p>\n Waterloo ser\u00e1 amplamente comemorado na Gr\u00e3-Bretanha durante os pr\u00f3ximos meses e as comemora\u00e7\u00f5es se intensificar\u00e3o \u00e0 medida que nos aproximamos do anivers\u00e1rio da batalha em 18 de Junho<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Wellington passou grande parte de sua carreira liderando um ex\u00e9rcito aliado de soldados brit\u00e2nicos e portugueses contra as for\u00e7as de Napole\u00e3o durante as campanhas peninsulares.\u00a0Que melhor vinho para brindar \u00e0 bravura e fortaleza do Duque de Ferro e dos seus homens do que o Vinho do Porto, s\u00edmbolo da amizade e alian\u00e7a anglo-portuguesa.<\/span><\/p>\n Em homenagem \u00e0 vit\u00f3ria de Wellington, a Fonseca selecionou um lote reserva encorpado, robusto e vigoroso para engarrafamento como um especial Waterloo Edition, um vinho adequado para celebrar a Batalha de Waterloo nas pr\u00f3ximas semanas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n