In the glass

Medium-bodiedLow tanninMedium aciditySweetLong finish

Aroma: orange blossom, vanilla

Palate: mandarin, walnut, coffee, spicy finish

A single-harvest tawny matured for many years in cask, showing concentrated dried fruit and complex wood-aged spice from one declared year.

What it pairs with

  • Date and nut pudding
    Concentrated dried fruit.
  • Coffee chocolate
    Roasted notes link wine and dessert.
  • Aged cheese
    Mellow intensity for strong cheese.

History

A Colheita is a tawny from a single harvest aged for years in wood before bottling; Dow's releases dated Colheitas from older reserves.

  1. 1798 — House origins

Facts

Producer
Dow's Port
Grapes
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca
Classification
DOC Porto
Oak
A single-harvest tawny aged at length in seasoned oak casks
ABV
20.0%
Price
EUR 45 to 90 at retail
Drinking window
0 to 5 from release
First vintage
1798

Scores

  • Wine Advocate 94

Tags

drink young fortified port library release low tannin medium acid medium body mood contemplative occasion special old world pairs with aged cheese pairs with chocolate pairs with digestif pairs with fruit desserts price premium sweet tinta barroca tinta roriz touriga franca touriga nacional
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