VINTAGE PORT 2007 - Exclusives selection and limited quantities Available now ! 25% OFF
 
Declared Vintage Port is only made in the most exceptional years and comprise less than two percent of all Ports produced. Dow’s 2007 Vintage Port came primarily from two of the Douro’s finest Quintas, Senhora da Ribeira and Bomfim.
 
Dow’s was one of the first houses to invest in premium vineyards in the Douro, acquiring them in 1890 and 1896 respectively. VINTAGE OVERVIEW The 2007 Vintage could have gone wrong two or three times during the viticultural year.
 
June was decidedly un-summery with a very wet middle of the month, and July brought more showers. Work was made more complex by the high level of leaf growth arising from the wet soil and warm weather.
 
In August the temperatures were moderate (with cool nights, ideal for polyphenolic development) producing grapes with good acidity and soft skins with excellent potential for colour extraction.
 
There was very little rainfall in September and October resulting in 2007 being the driest harvest since 1985 and we ended up with excellent grapes in perfect condition, with very balanced maturations, beginning the harvest some 10 days later than usual. TASTING NOTE A tremendously concentrated and intense purple-blue wine.
 
A typical Dow dry spiciness with very profound flavours of plums and cassis. The very ripe fruit gives the wine an amazingly complex finish, combining liquorice flavours with bold tannins. This is a wine that will age superbly.
 
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