Winery Dow's - 40 Years Old Tawny Port

Winery Dow's40 Years Old Tawny Port

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The 40 Years Old Tawny Port of Winery Dow's is a natural sweet wine from the region of Porto of Duriense.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel

On the nose the 40 Years Old Tawny Port of Winery Dow's in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or dried fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Dow's's 40 Years Old Tawny Port.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

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 10 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 greatest 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 2000 of of Portugal wines
In the top 200 of of Porto wines
In the top 600 of natural sweet wines
In the top 35000 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: Over-ripeness

Characteristic of grapes harvested late, rich in sugar, which give wines often mellow and marked by candied aromas.

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