Winery Dow'sFine White Port
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Fine White Port of Winery Dow's in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or peach and sometimes also flavors of apricot, lemon or pear.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dow's's Fine White Port.
Discover the grape variety: Fruhroter Veltliner
Structured and full dry whites with a pale, slightly rosé golden robe, an ample palate and moderate acidity, with signature aromas of almond, ripe yellow fruits (pear, peach, apricot), white flowers (acacia) and mineral notes. A sun-drenched profile appreciated in characterful artisanal cuvées. Grown mainly in Lower Austria (Kamptal, Wagram), rarer than Grüner Veltliner. Native Austrian grey grape, an early-ripening reddish-skinned mutation of Roter Veltliner.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Fine White Port from Winery Dow's are 2001, 2000, 2009
Informations about the Winery Dow's
The Winery Dow's is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in the of Porto to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Porto
One of the world's oldest fortified wines: fortified with grape spirit during fermentation, keeping its residual sugars. Opulent style, long on the palate, notes of candied black fruits, cocoa, fig, walnut, coffee and spices. Four styles: young fruity Ruby (cherry, blackberry), Tawny aged oxidatively in cask (caramel, hazelnut, bitter orange), age-worthy LBV and Vintage, White as aperitif. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz.
The wine region of Duriense
Portuguese IGP covering the Douro and Porto area (northeast), schist soils on vertiginous terraced slopes, dry continental climate, flexible status outside DOC. Touriga Nacional signature as red king (300+ authorised varieties): intense and floral with blackberry, black cherry, violet, garrigue, liquorice and mineral schist hint, firm tannins — noble Douro emblem. Supple Touriga Franca and spicy Tinta Roriz as complement. Fresh mineral whites and creative modern sparkling.
The word of the wine: Physiological maturity
The stage of ripeness of the grape berry when it has reached an optimal weight and when the sugar and acidity levels have stabilized.
