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SKU 102900

1985 Dow's - Porto Vintage Port (750ml)

Original price $139.00 - Original price $139.00
Original price
$139.00
$139.00 - $139.00
Current price $139.00
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From the Symington family's Dow's, one of the great vintage-declaring houses of the Douro, known for a drier, more structured house style than most Port producers. 1985 was a widely declared, celebrated vintage across the region, with Michael Broadbent predicting top wines like Dow's and Fonseca would still be drinking beautifully decades on. Now four decades in bottle, expect classic mature Port character: cedar, clove, and cinnamon on the nose, dried fruit, walnut, and fig on the palate, with a touch of bricking at the rim and a long, nutty finish. A genuinely special-occasion bottle at this age, decant for a few hours if serving

93 Points
"The 1985 Dow’s Vintage Port has a gorgeous, very pure bouquet with mulberry, leather, terracotta tiles on a warm day, and hints of clove all beautifully defined. The palate is very well balanced with supple tannin, lightly spiced on the entry, touches ..."
—Neal Martin-Vinous Media
Appellation: Vintage Port
Vintage: 1985
Region: Porto
Country: Portugal
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Dow's

From the Symington family's Dow's, one of the great vintage-declaring houses of the Douro, known for a drier, more structured house style than most Port producers. 1985 was a widely declared, celebrated vintage across the region, with Michael Broadbent predicting top wines like Dow's and Fonseca would still be drinking beautifully decades on. Now four decades in bottle, expect classic mature Port character: cedar, clove, and cinnamon on the nose, dried fruit, walnut, and fig on the palate, with a touch of bricking at the rim and a long, nutty finish. A genuinely special-occasion bottle at this age, decant for a few hours if serving

93 Points
"The 1985 Dow’s Vintage Port has a gorgeous, very pure bouquet with mulberry, leather, terracotta tiles on a warm day, and hints of clove all beautifully defined. The palate is very well balanced with supple tannin, lightly spiced on the entry, touches ..."
—Neal Martin-Vinous Media
Appellation: Vintage Port
Vintage: 1985
Region: Porto
Country: Portugal
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Dow's