DOW’S VINTAGE PORT 2007

Dow’s Vintage Port 2007

“Amazing aromas of lilac, violet, crushed blueberry and mineral that turn to black pepper and spices follow through to a full-bodied, medium-sweet palate, with a long, chewy finish. Evolves to tar and asphalt. Really held back, yet powerful grip slaps you. This is mind-blowing in texture. The greatest Dow ever made. Best after 2022.” – 100/100, #14 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2010

VARIETIES: Made from indigenous varieties 54% Touriga Nacional, 26% Touriga Franca, 12% Vinha Velha (Old Vines), 8% Tinta Barroca
REGION: REGION: Portugal / Northern Portugal / Duriense / Porto – Quinta do Bomfim, Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira
AGEING: Aged in seasoned oak casks for some 18 months then bottled unfiltered
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Enjoy now or will cellar well up to 100 years or more, at an optimal hygrometric degree of 70%, ideally between 12ºC and 15ºC
SERVE: Serve at 16ºC – 18ºC, Stand the bottle upright for a short while before you intend to decant (20 to 30 minutes at most)
PAIRING: Matches up best with Stilton / Gloucester Cheese, Smoky Cheeses, Dark Chocolate Truffles and Nutty Desserts (Khajur Burfi) etc
CRITICS SCORES: WS/100, JG/97, WE/96, RP/96, WE/96 – #9 in the Top 100 Cellar Selections
VIVINO: Average 4.4 ★★★★✰

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Dow’s Vintage Ports represent the pinnacle of our winemaking. Over two centuries, we have gained a reputation for making legendary Vintage Ports with our signature structure and dry finish. Classic Vintage Ports are only produced in ‘declared’ years of exceptional quality across all our vineyards – typically two or three times a decade. Quinta Vintage Ports are produced in non-declared years to highlight the outstanding quality of a particular estate.

Dow’s Vintage Ports are drawn from the companies’ finest vineyards; Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta de Senhora da Ribeira. Each property contributes to the Dow’s unique and distinctive style. When young, Dow’s Vintage Ports are purple-black, austere, complex and intensely concentrated, full-bodied and balanced with very fine peppery tannins.

Dow’s 2007 Vintage Port
A legendary vintage that produced “the greatest Dow ever made”, according to James Suckling of Wine Spectator, who awarded the 2007 Dow’s Vintage Port the perfect 100-point score. Tremendous concentration with flavours of plum, cassis and Dow’s dry spiciness. Bold and complex, this is a wine for the ages.

Wine Specification
Winemaker: Charles Symington
Acidity: 4.6 g/L (tartaric acid)
Baumé: 3.4
Alcohol by volume: 20% v/v (20°C)

Tasting Notes
A tremendously concentrated and robust purple-blue wine. It has the typical Dow dry spiciness with very solid flavours of plums and cassis. The very ripe fruit gives it an amazingly complex finish combining liquorice flavours and bold tannins. A wine that with time will show its true breeding.