Picked up two bottles of his from my local Sainsbury's whilst I was in there to buy Hollandaise sauce for eggs Benedict (can't be bothered to make the sauce for that). This was on for £13.33 per bottle in presentation cases with a cheap and nasty funnel each, which have already proven useful so I will diss them no more. Nearly forgot the Hollandaise in the excitement. Sunday night I couldn't sleep and these had been standing for two days so one of them got opened, hence these notes are without much decanting time (nearly 30 seconds to be more precise). This is a Single Quinta VP as 1986 was not declared by Fonseca.

Colour is a deep pinky red with a pink rim. Good viscosity with nice legs. Nose of cough mixture and cherries with a hint of black pepper. In the mout there is Kirsch cherries and cointreau with medium roast coffee and the balck pepper much more noticeable. Lady K said "prunes" and she was right. Very nice and warming when you need a night-cap, both of us liked it. Exceptional for the price.

Deteriorated in the decanter but that was my fault for leaving it for two days - there was a reason. I now know to re-bottle a lot more quickly.

Thanks KB, I sure wish we would see some around here anywhere near that price.