Fonseca 2011 is a legendary Vintage Port. PortDB models its drinking window as opening in 2031, remaining prime through 2088, and declining from 2116. That window starts with the opulent maturation style assigned to Fonseca, then adjusts for the legendary vintage tier.
Drinking window
Opens 2031 · prime to 2088 · declining from 2116
For this bottle, the model opens the window 20 years after the vintage and gives it a 57-year prime phase before the mature tail. Decline is modelled 105 years after the harvest.
What PortDB records
Near-universal great declaration; complete, exotic and profound, among the modern benchmarks
SourceFonseca classic-vintage list / Wine Spectator 98 pts (Top 100)
The vintage tier is an editorial judgement based on critic consensus; the drinking window is PortDB’s model, not a measurement. Storage and bottle variation can move the practical window.
2011 in context
PortDB records 18 wines from 2011 and 14 houses making a general declaration. These are every other 2011 wine in the dataset, linked to its own profile where one meets the Stage 3 evidence gate and otherwise to its full record on the vintage page.
Nearby Fonseca vintages
The closest Fonseca releases by vintage year show how its opulent style behaves across stronger and lighter years.