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Dow's Vintage 1985 Port Wine
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Dow's Vintage 1985 Port Wine

Dow’s Vintage Ports are only produced in years of exceptional quality and represent only a very small part of the total company’s production in that year. Vintage 1985 by Dow's presents a purple-black, austere, complex and intensely concentrated, full-bodied and balanced with very fine peppery tannins

The story of Dow’s is unusual amongst all the great Port houses. It began in 1798 when Bruno da Silva, a Portuguese merchant from Oporto, made a journey which was the opposite to that of the first British merchants. The Port shipping business was continued by Bruno’s son, John da Silva who in 1862 brought into partnership Frederick William Cosens. With the continuing expansion of the firm, Edward da Silva and Frederick Cosens were joined by George Acheson Warre, whose well known family had been involved in the Port trade since its earliest years. In 1877, Silva & Cosens merged with another leading Port company, Dow & Co.

Although smaller than Silva & Cosens, Dow & Co had become a very highly regarded Port producer with a particularly fine reputation for its Vintage Ports and when the two companies merged, it was decided to adopt DOW’S as the brand name

For over two centuries the name of DOW has been associated with the finest Port from the vineyards of the Upper Douro Valley. Throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st, the Symington family has built on the legacy of the preceding Silva and Dow families.

Dow’s attractive and distinctive drier finish is the recognisable hallmark of the wines from this great Port house.

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Data sheet

Region
Douro
Type
Fortified
Year
1985
Cast
Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional
Enjoy
Ideal with a dessert, dark chocolate, cheese or on its own at the end of a meal.
Tasting Notes
Excellent ruby colour, with rich and complex aromas of mature berry fruit and hints of spices. On the palate good fruit flavours, full bodied, excellent round tannins and a long lingering finish
Consumption
16 - 18ºC
Ageing
In seasoned oak casks for some 18 months
Wine Maker
Peter Symington
Alcohol
20%
Weight
1.5
Bottle Size
750 ml
Country
Portugal

Specific References

EAN13
5010867201637

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