Dow's Vintage Port

In the glass

Aroma: plum, cassis, violet, peppery spice

Palate: black fruit, cocoa, silky tannin, dry finish

The driest of the classic Vintage Ports, built around Quinta do Bomfim and Senhora da Ribeira fruit, with a firm structure and a notably dry, savoury finish.

What it pairs with

• Roast beef Find roast beef on TableJourney →
  The dry finish handles rare red meat.
• Stilton
  Drier style cut by salty blue cheese.
• Dark chocolate
  Liquorice and cocoa.

History

Dow's, owned by the Symingtons since the early 20th century, built its house style on a drier Vintage Port from Quinta do Bomfim and Senhora da Ribeira.

1. 1798 — House origins as Silva and Cosens
2. 1896 — Quinta do Bomfim becomes the heart of the Vintage

Facts

Producer

Dow's Port

Grapes

Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Sousao

Classification

DOC Porto

Oak

Foot-trodden in lagares, aged in vat then bottle-matured

ABV

20.0%

Price

EUR 90 to 170 at release

Drinking window

20 to 50 from vintage

First vintage

1798

Scores

• Wine Spectator 98 (2016 vintage, reviewed 2018)
• Wine Advocate 97 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2019)

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