Dow's Quinta do Bomfim Vintage Port

In the glass

Aroma: plum, cassis, violet, peppery spice

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

A single-quinta Vintage Port from the Symington home estate at Pinhao, made in years Dow's does not declare a classic Vintage, in the drier Dow's house style.

What it pairs with

• Roast beef Find roast beef on TableJourney →
  The dry finish suits red meat.
• Stilton
  Drier style cut by blue cheese.
• Dark chocolate
  Cocoa and fruit.

History

Quinta do Bomfim is the Symington family home quinta and the heart of Dow's; its single-quinta Vintage is declared in off years.

1. 1896 — Bomfim becomes central to Dow's Vintage

Facts

Producer

Quinta do Bomfim

Grapes

Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca

Classification

DOC Porto

Oak

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

ABV

20.0%

Price

EUR 45 to 80 at release

Drinking window

15 to 35 from vintage

First vintage

1978

Scores

• Wine Spectator 93 (2013 vintage, reviewed 2016)

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