Dow's Late Bottled Vintage Port 2017

Oporto, Portugal 

Wine Spectator 90 points!

Dow’s Late Bottled Vintage Port from the fine 2017 vintage is a winner! For over two centuries the name of DOW has been associated with the finest Port from the vineyards of the Upper Douro Valley. Throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st, the Symington family has built on the legacy of the preceding Silva and Dow families. Generations of Symington winemakers have worked at the Dow’s vineyards: Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira, creating from them Dow’s superbly concentrated wines that are intense and tannic when young, maturing towards a superlative racy elegance with age and scented with violet and mint aromas. Dow’s attractive and distinctive drier finish is the recognizable hallmark of the wines from this great Port house. 

On the nose, Dow’s LBV Port 2017 is very intense, brimming with concentrated aromas of ripe fruits such as cassis, combined with rockrose and peppery spice. On the palate, very powerful and full bodied, fresh and well structured, packed with flavors of black berries and hints of chocolate. With a long and slightly dry finish. Aged in Dow's historic stone-walled wine lodge and bottled when at perfect maturity, this wine has outstanding rich fruit flavors and notes of chocolate and spice. 

“Fresh and open, with a set of crushed plum and steeped cherry flavors backed by Black Forest cake and licorice accents on the polished finish. Drink now through 2025. 15,000 cases made, 6,500 cases imported.”—Wine Spectator 90 points!

Enjoy 2017 Dow's Late Bottled Vintage Port now and over the next 4-5 years as the perfect finish to a fine dinner.