Dow's

Vintage Porto 1991

9.4

[8 hour decant] This smells and (in particular) tastes like Dow’s, the drier style of classic Vintage Port, still shows lovely fruit and depth, just not as sweet as Fonseca or Graham’s, nor as structured as Taylor’s, longish finish, very, very sneaky fine!! — 5 days ago

with Jim

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Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande @Dave — another instant posting, maybe Delectable finally fixed the delay? If so, kudos to Vinous for doing so!!!

Tom Casagrande

@Doug Powers - Hey! Me too! Just posted a backlog of notes and they popped right up on my feed! Maybe they’re actually addressing the issues? Fingers crossed.

Dow's

Nirvana Reserve Porto 1975

Brandon Boesch

9.6

Tasted very good. Pretty good amount of fruit. Lighter bodied. Good amount of alcohol. Surprisingly not a lot of dried fruit or jam notes. More fresh fruit and some nuts. — 3 months ago

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Dow's

Late Bottled Vintage Porto 2018

Doug Powers

9.1

Much more forward and less deep and structured than the outstanding 2016 LBV Dow’s, well made and great fruit, medium-long finish, very fine!! — 8 months ago

with Jim

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Dow's

Fine Ruby Porto

Samuel Wong

A sweet and fruity Portuguese fortified wine. Bought at Porto Airport Duty Free. — 13 days ago

Dow's

Quinta Do Bomfim Vintage Porto 2010

Max Conrad

9.2

On the nose : Cocoa/mocha, ground ginger, menthol/resin. Milk chocolate, raisin on the palate. A bit of a chocolate dessert in a glass. — 2 months ago

Dow's

Reserva Vale do Bomfim Douro White Blend 2022

Rich Bluth

9.0

love indigenous grape blends. 30% Rabigato, 30% Viosinho, 20% Arinto, 20% Gouvieo — 5 months ago

Dow's

Porto 1985

Adam Shaylor

9.8

Pulled this out of my special collection. The cork fell apart, but I managed to get most of it out. I’ve never had a port as smooth. Smells and tastes of a really good British Christmas pudding. Shared with my lovely family and in-laws on one of our last nights in the States before heading back to Catalunya. Seems like it still has most of its character, so I would open 1985 now and not wait any longer. — a year ago

Taylor's

Late Bottled Vintage Porto 2019

Jan A

9.2

Battle of the ports. We had a port/cheese night with some friends and I opened 7 late bottled vintage ports from well known producers. Some notable wines included:
Favorite was 2019 Taylor's LBV: as with the vintage port of Taylor's which is always amongst my favorites, this LBV was balanced with hedonistic fruit and just the right amount of tannins.
2020 Dow's LBV was dark and dusty
2020 and 2019 Grahams LBV were very structured, needing a couple more years of cellar time.
2018 Quinta do Noval gave the most floral vintage port profile on the nose, close after the Taylor's.
2020 Niepoort LBV was also notable, with a different, typical Niepoort profile compared to the rest with the least amount of tannins. — a month ago

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Doug Powers

@Jan A, you said 7, but you only mentioned 6 — is that a Fonseca LBV on the far left of your picture??

Jan A

I only mentioned six and discussed also one not on the picture (I drank a Grahams LBV in the week before which also needed time). The remaining undiscussed were 2019 Fonseca and 2019 Cockburn's LBV, both were solid.

Peter van den Besselaar

Must have been fun… I am gonna search for Taylor’s LBV

Dow's

Vale do Bomfim Douro Red Blend 2020

Jeffrey Ritterson

9.2

Touriga Nacional (40%), Touriga Franca (20%), Tinta Roriz (30%), Tinta Barroca (10%). Medium to deep purple. Medium body, medium tannin at most, medium acidity, dry. Some slight funk on the nose, in a very good way. Wet rocks, violets, light baking spices. Better after open for a day. Benchmark Duero for what I can find in the US so far. — 7 months ago

Dow's

Vale do Bomfim Douro Malvasia Fina Blend 2021

Brada

9.0

Not fruity but still very tasty. Definitely buy again — 3 years ago