Dows Quinta Do Bomfim Vintage Port Wine, 75 cl

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The 1966 is a top success for that vintage; in fact, it would be hard to find a better port from that year.

Dow’s Quinta do Bomfin Vintage Port is a premium fortified wine produced by Dow’s, one of the oldest and most respected Port houses in Portugal. Wine profile: When young, Bomfim wines are purple-black, austere, complex and intensely concentrated; they are characterised by very fine peppery tannins. Dow’s Fine Ruby was aged in seasoned oak casks at our lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia for an average of 3 years, and bottled when ready to drink. James Suckling, one of today’s leading authorities on Vintage Port was equally impressed by another legendary wine - the Dow’s 1896 - “The ancient {1896} Port still had an amazing ruby colour with a garnet edge, and it smelled of raisins, black pepper and berries. This wine has a cork closure and, like many wines on our list, this wine is suitable for vegan diets.In the years in which Dow's does not declare a Vintage, the best ports are bottled under this Bomfim label. Dow's is particularly renowned for their vintage ports, which are made from the finest grapes and aged in oak barrels for several years. A rain affected start to the season, coupled with hail, reduced yields to very small levels in 2018. This 2015 Vintage Port Wine from Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira, a vineyard to which The Symington family has a strong attachment to.

made some outstanding single quintas, the houses maybe overly swayed by those 2016s into not declaring but the wines are very good in their own right. The Dow 1980 has a very complex palate, maturity, red currants and black cherries, herbs and smoked meats, in the middle acidity and tannin (still!Over the centuries, the winemakers at Bomfim have evolved a style that suits this particular vineyard; fermentations are a little longer, resulting in a drier Port Wine that has become the hallmark of Dow’s. A small chapel dedicated to the ‘Lady of the River’ (literally: Senhora da Ribeira) has stood here for centuries and gave the quinta its name. The Symingtons had a stake in the company early in the twentieth century and became sole owners in 1961. The grapes are normally extremely ripe at the time of picking giving spice and pepper to balance the dark chocolate flavours, as found in all Bomfim Ports.

This 2013 Vintage Port Wine; Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira is set in the remote, hot and dry Douro Superior and commands a magnificent north bank position.They will tend to mature a little earlier than the very rare ‘Declared’ years, but can be every bit as good as some other Vintage Ports.

The current generation’s great grandfather, Andrew James Symington, took ownership of the Quinta in 1912 when he became a shareholder in Dow's, which had originally acquired the property in 1890. The Symington family brings the legacy of creating intense and tannic concentrated wines with the DOW wines, which age elegantly and are scented with mint and violet aromas. When young Quinta do Bomfim wines are austere, complex and concentrated with very fine peppery tannins.The family, whose experience dates back over 100 years, supervises all the vineyards, winemaking and ageing of this wine. This 2011 Vintage Port Wine from Dow's is "very inky in hue, this is very tight indeed, with classic Dow dryness/austerity – firm tannins and a yet to be mined concentrated seam of minerals, black currant, berry and cherry. One of the Douro’s most beautiful vineyards, Senhora da Ribeira is located 24km (15 miles) upriver from Quinta do Bomfim in the remote Douro Superior. Importing wine from his home country, he was quickly accepted into London society and gained a fine reputation for his wines.