Fonseca Siroco White Port (75cl, 20%)

Fonseca Siroco is a dry-style white Port from Portugal's Douro Valley. It is built on a blend led by Malvasia Fina, with smaller proportions of Gouveio, Viosinho, Rabigato and Arinto. The juice is fermented half on the skins and half off, with no pumping-over, and ferments longer than other Port styles before fortification. After fortification it rests for four years in small neutral oak vats. The aroma opens with white peach and yellow apple, moving into lemon zest, quince and a subtle honeyed lift, with a faint smoky quality and a whisper of golden raisin. The entry is lightly sweet and plump, balanced by vibrant acidity and a saline edge, with citrus, lychee, mango and dried fig. The finish is medium in length with warm, buttered brioche and lingering orange peel.