Dow's

Vintage Porto

9.351 ratings
9.312 pro ratings
Porto, Douro, Portugal
Port Blend
Top Notes For
"Odedi"

#AgedWineTuesday

Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.

Full bodied with high acidity to balance the sugars.

Sweet on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing blackberries, black currants, cooked raisins, cedar, spices, vanilla, licorice, chocolates, tobacco, mocha, light earth and herbs.

Long finish with cherries.

This is a gorgeous sweet wine from Portugal. Rich with great balance and a soft mouthfeel.

The 1994 vintage was an exceptional vintage, so I was very excited to try it when I saw it on the wine list.

Smells very young, although it smelled a little oxidized right out of the bottle, which went away after 20 minutes of airtime.

Drinking beautifully now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 20 years.

Good by itself or with food. I paired it with a Fourme d'Ambert blue cheese. So nicely paired, tasty and decadent.

A great experience to try these kind of wines from special vintages.

20% alcohol by volume.

95 points.

$85.

#AgedWineTuesday

Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.

Full bodied with high acidity to balance the sugars.

Sweet on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing blackberries, black currants, cooked raisins, cedar, spices, vanilla, licorice, chocolates, tobacco, mocha, light earth and herbs.

Long finish with cherries.

This is a gorgeous sweet wine from Portugal. Rich with great balance and a soft mouthfeel.

The 1994 vintage was an exceptional vintage, so I was very excited to try it when I saw it on the wine list.

Smells very young, although it smelled a little oxidized right out of the bottle, which went away after 20 minutes of airtime.

Drinking beautifully now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 20 years.

Good by itself or with food. I paired it with a Fourme d'Ambert blue cheese. So nicely paired, tasty and decadent.

A great experience to try these kind of wines from special vintages.

20% alcohol by volume.

95 points.

$85.

May 23rd, 2023
Sipping Fine Wine

Deep Ruby with aromas of berry fruit and spice, aged for 2 years in oak. On the palate plum, raisin and black cherry flavors, well balanced with vivid acidity, a very big port, still has a fresh taste. Long finish, good tannin backbone ending with cacao and rich sweet fruit tones.

Deep Ruby with aromas of berry fruit and spice, aged for 2 years in oak. On the palate plum, raisin and black cherry flavors, well balanced with vivid acidity, a very big port, still has a fresh taste. Long finish, good tannin backbone ending with cacao and rich sweet fruit tones.

Dec 25th, 2021
Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.2

Half bottle. Rare treat.

Half bottle. Rare treat.

Nov 13th, 2020
David Eckert

Mmmmm

Mmmmm

1 person found it helpfulMay 10th, 2015
Nick Davis

All tobacco

All tobacco

Dec 19th, 2016
RustyR

Open

Open

Dec 10th, 2021
Roy Cardoso

Ridiculously decadent. Tons of dried fruit. Elegant and well balanced

Ridiculously decadent. Tons of dried fruit. Elegant and well balanced

Dec 13th, 2020
Yi-Fen Li

Douro 94porto to end our #minibar wine pairing! Cocktails and vodka next!

Douro 94porto to end our #minibar wine pairing! Cocktails and vodka next!

Oct 16th, 2019
Doug Powers

Decanted 12 hours before serving. Very dark purple color, immense fruit and fair amount of spirit, less dry than other vintages of Dow, not Fonseca/Graham’s sweet, but just fantastic fruit with a tad more sweetness, immensely long finish, not ready to drink, hold 10-30 years, a WOW Porto!!

Decanted 12 hours before serving. Very dark purple color, immense fruit and fair amount of spirit, less dry than other vintages of Dow, not Fonseca/Graham’s sweet, but just fantastic fruit with a tad more sweetness, immensely long finish, not ready to drink, hold 10-30 years, a WOW Porto!!

Jan 19th, 2019
Jan A
9.3

From the great 1994 vintage. Pristine corck.

Nose filled with purple flowers, on the palate coffee, liquorice. Quickly turns into a spicy bite. Missing roundness of e.g. Fonseca or Taylors 1994's. Long "fresh" finish.

From the great 1994 vintage. Pristine corck.

Nose filled with purple flowers, on the palate coffee, liquorice. Quickly turns into a spicy bite. Missing roundness of e.g. Fonseca or Taylors 1994's. Long "fresh" finish.

Dec 5th, 2018