Dow's Christmas Port 75cl Bottle in Wooden Gift Box

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From the oldest British port house, founded in Portugal in 1670, comes this beautifully vibrant ruby-coloured tawny. 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. These dry sherries – in fact the driest type of sherry – are made from palomino grapes, and are known for being light, great with food, and refreshing.

A fine tipple to round off your Christmas celebrations splendidly, especially if served with ripe Stilton. We can't offer refunds or exchanges on perishable goods such as flowers and food, unless faulty or not as described. Give it a little time to open-up in the glass and it will reward you with wood, berries, a little stone fruit including apricot, and a beautiful long finish with a hint of almond.

Dow's Christmas Port is a specially selected blend of rich, vibrant young Ports that have been carefully matured in oak.

The style, which has some similarities to a tawny, is aged in wood for a minimum of seven years before being bottled. 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.Please do not attempt to enter this web site if you are not above the legal age of drinking alcohol in your country of residence. One of the classic Douro riverside quintas, Senhora da Ribeira was acquired by George Warre for Dow’s in 1890.

The acidity was near perfect and the tannins are tame but omnipresent; while the finish was spicy, warm and extremely long. The palate is super-smooth on the entry with plush, saturated tannins, quite spicy and peppery with an assertive, structured finish that is quintessentially Dow's.

He married an Englishwoman and was rapidly assimilated into London society where his business acumen led to a fine reputation for his wines. This rare style of port is only made by a small number of producers and is characterised by its lack of filtration, hence the name. 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.

Importing wine from his home country, he was quickly accepted into London society and gained a fine reputation for his wines. Described as combining the delicacy and refined aroma of an amontillado with the structure and body of an oloroso, its made from grapes usually selected to produce a fino. If this is not an option and you have questions beyond the offered description and images, please contact us for a more in-depth condition report. It is blended from from the most important red grapes of the Douro Valley, based primarily on Touriga Nacional with over 80 other varieties approved for use.

We love the slight sourness, roasted notes, and a caramel sweetness that all fade to a lovely, savoury note. Generations of Symington winemakers have worked at the Dow’s vineyards: Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira, creating from them Dow’s superbly concentrated wines that are intense and tannic when young, maturing towards a superlative racy elegance with age and scented with violet and mint aromas. 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. Only available in limited quantitys, Dows Christmas Port is a selected blend of rich, vibrant Ports that have been carefully matured in Oak.