Description

If you are new to Vintage Port we cannot think of a better place to start than Dow s.

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Product Description

Since 1798, the name Dow s has been associated with the finest ports from the Douro Valley. Dow s ports are made a two of the most famous Quinta s in the Douro: Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira, together with the privately family owned quintas of Santinho, Fonte Branca and Cerdeira.

Tasting Notes

One of the Douro Valley’s finest vineyards, Quinta do Bomfim is at the heart of Dow’s
wines, having provided the main structure for its famed Vintage Ports since 1896. In
non-declared years, the finest wines from the vineyard are selected for bottling as Quinta
do Bomfim Vintage Port and as such they closely reflect the characteristics of this single
property, whereas a ‘declared’ Dow’s Vintage expresses the house style, derived from
the sum of the several vineyards from which it is made. Five generations of Symington
winemakers at Bomfim have developed a style that suits the vineyard; fermentations
are a little longer resulting in a drier profile that has become one of Dow’s distinctive
hallmarks. The Bomfim vineyard is predominantly south facing, an aspect that favours
complete and balanced grape ripening and which results in well-structured and intense, complex wines