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Dow’s Vintage Port 2017

Fortified ⋅ Port ⋅ Portugal
Vintage: 2017 ⋅ Other: 1983 2016
Pack size: 6x75cl
RP95VM98

Duty Status: In Bond£330 (Exc. UK Duty & VAT)£426.74 (Inc. UK Duty & VAT)Availability: In Stock
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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

Vinous 98

The 2017 Dow s Vintage Port showed a slight reduction and required more time to really open in the glass. Typical of Dow s it has a more backward and introspective bouquet compared to its peers, scents of blackberry, clove, wild mint, cassis and vanilla, gradually gaining more intensity with aeration. The palate is simply glorious. It is built around a compelling tannic frame that seems finer than any Dow s I have encountered apart from the ethereal 2011. There is so much energy coiled up in this Port, a sense of symmetry that is enthralling and yet you just know that it needs to be cellared for 15-20 years for it to reveal its full potential. For serious Port-lovers. One of the vintages most cerebral offerings. Total production is 5,250 cases. [Neal Martin, 04/06/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2030-2080

Robert Parker 95

The 2017 Vintage Port, bottled in May for release in the third quarter of 2019, is mostly a 42/38 blend of Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca with old vines and miscellaneous others (including about 8% Alicante Bouschet) for the rest. It was bottled about a month before this tasting after 18 months in seasoned vats, but the just-bottled sample was not actually used for fear it might be in shock. This, accordingly, was actually a pre-bottling sample. It comes in with 106 grams of residual sugar. Opening with dramatic color, this adds violets on the nose. It retains elegance while seeming subtly concentrated rather than jammy. Then, it finishes with pop and controlled power. For those who remember the powerhouse Dows in the past, that’s not quite this for the most part. It is an accessible and elegant Dow, relatively speaking. Charles Symington said that the higher proportion of Touriga Franca compared to some years contributed to that. That said, this still has the structure to age and develop. It seems wonderfully fresh and lifted all the while, but it’s neither rich, nor intense nor austere. This is a Dow that still needs some time to become more expressive and complex, though. There were 5,250 cases produced. [Mark Squires, 31/05/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2027-2070

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