Dow Porto Vintage 1997

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Winery:

Dow's

Varietal:

Port Blend

Region:

Portugal > Douro > Porto

Type:

Dessert/Fortified

Color:

Red

Drink Dates:

2016 - 2032

UPC:

 

User Tags:  medium, tasting, herbaceous, berry, licorice, black currant, open, dried, dinner, spicy 

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What to Expect

Port wine is one of the great dessert wines of the world. Based on a blend that usually features Touriga Nacional, vintage Port is a rich red wine witch is fortified with grape spirits. It combines the chewy, tannic bite of red wine with a sweetness that helps buffer the added alcohol and supports the spicy plum and dark berry fruits. Vintage Port is capable of aging and improving for decades. Other types of Port include Ruby Port, which is enjoyed in its youth for it fresh fruit, Tawny Port, which has been aged in wood for years giving it its tawny color and progressively nuttier flavors as the wine increases in age, and Colheita port, which is a Tawny Port from a single vintage.

Winemakers Notes

Tasting Notes :Vintage Port is the outstanding wine of an outstanding year. Perhaps on average only three times in a decade is the weather suitable for the declaration of a Vintage year and only a small handful of vineyards in the Alto Douro produce wines of the potential to become Vintage Port. The wine is aged for two to two and a half years in wood before being bottled, unfiltered. The pride of every shipper, Vintage Port can be purchased at once and allowed, over many years, to mature and develop a unique character, completely different from all wood-aged Port. Dow’s is perhaps best known for its read more...Vintages, which command high prices at auction, reflecting their excellence.    (hide)

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