Dow’s, Vintage Port, Douro Valley, 1994

Dow

When young, Dow’s Vintage Ports are purple-black, austere, complex and intensely concentrated, full-bodied and balanced with very fine peppery tannins. Abundant fruit flavours with hints of ripe blackberries, give elegance and poise to Dow’s. The nose is deep and powerful with strong overtones of violets when young, these mature into fine cinnamon and rose-tea aromas with age. The very high percentage of Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional planted on the vineyards result in the powerful structure and aging potential of Dow’s Vintage Ports.

Portugal

Douro Valley

Rich, opulent, aged Port

Red

20.0

75.0

• Sweet

Touriga Franca , Touriga Nacional , Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz

"The massive 1994 is unquestionably the finest Dow I have tasted since the 1977. This opaque purple-coloured wine is not as developed or flamboyant as Fonseca, but it is super-concentrated and multi-layered, with huge masses of fruit and some tannin in the finish. This is a slightly drier style than Fonseca or Graham's, but it appears to be a classic, majestic, enormously constituted 1994 that should age effortlessly for three decades or more. It is one of the stars of the vintage."
Wine Advocate 1996 - Robert Parker

''A blackstrap, powerful Port. Black, with intense aromas of raspberries, raisins, flowers and stems. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with a long, rich finish. Tannins pull at your palate. A wine for the future.''
Wine Spectator - 97/100