Winery Dow's - Fine Ruby Port

Winery Dow'sFine Ruby Port

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Fine Ruby Port of Winery Dow's is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Tinto cão and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Fine Ruby Port of Winery Dow's in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or citrus fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Dow's's Fine Ruby Port.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
19°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

Last vintages of this wine

Fine Ruby Port - 2014
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Fine Ruby Port - 2013
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Fine Ruby Port - 2012
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Fine Ruby Port - 2011
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Fine Ruby Port - 2010
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 2.8110.500
Fine Ruby Port - 2009
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Fine Ruby Port - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Fine Ruby Port from Winery Dow's are 2000, 2011, 2009, 2007 and 2008.

Informations about the Winery Dow's

The winery offers 59 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This winery is part of the Symington Family Estates.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Porto in the region of Duriense

The Winery Dow's is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 4000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 400 of of Porto wines
In the top 1500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 85000 wines of the world

The wine region of Porto

The wine region of Porto is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 312 estates and châteaux in the of Porto, producing 2132 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Porto go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Duriense

Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.

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The word of the wine: Ladle

Said of a wine that is not clear due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.

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