Winery Dow's - Midnight Port

Winery Dow'sMidnight 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 Midnight 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.
In the mouth this natural sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or sweet desserts.

Taste structure of the Midnight Port from the Winery Dow's

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Midnight Port of Winery Dow's in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Midnight Port of Winery Dow's in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Dow's's Midnight 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.

Last vintages of this wine

Midnight Port - 2008
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Midnight Port - 2004
In the top 100 of of Porto wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Midnight Port from Winery Dow's are 2008, 2004

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 25 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 5500 of of Portugal wines
In the top 500 of of Porto wines
In the top 2000 of natural sweet wines
In the top 150000 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: Sweet

Wine with a slightly sickening sweetness.

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