Dow's

dow-vintage-portFor over 200 years, the name Dow has been associated with fine Port from the Upper Douro Valley. Dow’s are known for their superbly concentrated wines; intense and tannic when young, maturing to a superlative racy elegance with violet and mint aromas. Their distinctive drier finish is the hallmark of Dow’s Port wines. James Suckling of Wine Spectator tasted a Dow’s port over a hundred years after its bottling, an 1896, and described it as: “…an amazing ruby colour with a garnet edge, it smelled of raisins, black pepper and berries. It was full-bodied, with masses of fruit intertwined with layers of velvety tannins. It was superb.”

The story of this House is unusual – rather than a British merchant journeying to Oporto, it was Bruno da Silva who travelled from Oporto to London. Importing wine from his home country, he was quickly accepted into London society and gained a fine reputation for his wines. With the outbreak of the Napoleonic wars, many merchants ceased shipping rather than coming under fire in the Bay of Biscay, but da Silva obtained Royal permission to arm his ships. Securing safe passage, his became the first and only port shipper to use its own armed protection for transport across the Bay. In 1877, his company merged with Dow & Co. With the merger, it was decided to keep the brand name as ‘DOW’S’, the name remaining to this day.

Dow's owns the Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira vineyards and, using these, even on undeclared years produces some truly superb Single Quinta port wines.

47 products found.

Dow's, 1975

Vintage Port
Damaged label

The 1975 Dows Vintage Port is from a vintage that has been long under-rated. I have had repeated tastings of the 75's and whilst not in the same class as the 66 or 70 vintages, nevertheless present an outstanding quality vs price buy. When you consider that recent releases retail around the £80-£90 mark and need 20 years of storage before drinking this represents a bargain. Decanted for 4 hours, the 1975 Dows is fully mature with a nice tawny colour. The recent bottles I have tasted have been very nicely developed and drinking perfectly now. Everything is very well integrated the fruit has mellowed to become a classic vintage port.
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Price: $141.46 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Dow's, 1966

Vintage Port
Wine Society label
Excellent Provenance

From the excellent 1966 Vintage.
"This is an extraordinary house that seems to have been particularly successful with its vintage port since 1977.The 1966 is a top success for that vintage; in fact, it would be hard to find a better port from that year." Robert Parker, Wine Buyer Guide.
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Price: $323.15 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Dow's, 1966

Vintage Port
Plain label
Excellent Provenance

From the excellent 1966 Vintage.
"This is an extraordinary house that seems to have been particularly successful with its vintage port since 1977.The 1966 is a top success for that vintage; in fact, it would be hard to find a better port from that year." Robert Parker, Wine Buyer Guide.
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Price: $297.20 USD
Stock: 6 in Stock

Dow's, 1966

Vintage Port
Peatling and Cawdron
Excellent Provenance

These bottles were bottled for Peatling and Cawdron of Kings Lyn for the cellars of kings College Cambridge where they have been stored until sale

From the excellent 1966 Vintage.
"This is an extraordinary house that seems to have been particularly successful with its vintage port since 1977.The 1966 is a top success for that vintage; in fact, it would be hard to find a better port from that year." Robert Parker, Wine Buyer Guide.
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Price: $297.20 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Dow's, 1965

Quinta do Bomfim Vintage Port Level in neck

A very rare single quinta port from Dow's.
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Price: $642.41 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Dow's, 1965

Quinta do Bomfim Vintage Port
Cellar Release

A very rare single quinta port from Dow's. A small parcel of Dows 1965 Was auctioned by the Symington Family in 2019.

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Price: $1,031.75 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Dow's, 1961

Late Bottled Vintage Port

Bottled 1965
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Price: $577.52 USD
Stock: 4 in Stock

Dow's, 1960

Vintage Port
High shoulder - good label

This is an extraordinary house that seems to have been particularly successful with its vintage port. The 1960 is a classic, a monumental, rich, still tannic wine.

Reviews
"Superbly balanced and at its peak. Light ruby with a garnet edge, a rich coffee and chocolate nose, medium-bodied, with lovely balanced fruit and coffee flavours and a long, silky finish. A joy to drink." James Suckling - Vintage Port Book
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Price: $317.96 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Dow's, 1947

Vintage Port
Level in neck, Embossed capsule

From the outstanding 1947 vintage, this stunning port is deep and rich with nice weight and a dry liquorice finish. Light tawny color with spicy aromas and a hint of balsam, but the palate delivers very sweet, smoky plum, herbs and mint characteristics. Well balanced and with good length on the finish.
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Price: $1,810.43 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Dow's, 1947

Vintage Port
Level in neck, Embossed capsule

From the outstanding 1947 vintage, this stunning port is deep and rich with nice weight and a dry liquorice finish. Light tawny color with spicy aromas and a hint of balsam, but the palate delivers very sweet, smoky plum, herbs and mint characteristics. Well balanced and with good length on the finish.
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Price: $1,550.87 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Dow's, 1945

Vintage Port - In neck
Recorked by Berry Brothers and Rudd in 1983
Unlabelled.

Axel Probst
"One of the darkest red colours on the night. Fresh and complex coffee and fruits on the nose, fading residual fruit. A very balanced palate, with a noticeable acidity and a strong aftertaste.
World of Fine Wine
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Price: $1,550.87 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Dow's, 1945

Vintage Port.
Unlabelled

97 Points Wine Spectator
Gorgeous, glorious and rich. Dark ruby in color, with an amber edge. Full-bodied and wonderfully sweet, with intense aromas of raisin, raspberry and cherry and a long, long finish. Very rich and very fine. I underrated this years ago.--Dow vertical. (JS) (12/1999)
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Price: $1,550.87 USD
Stock: 2 in Stock

Dow's, 1945

Vintage Port
Very Good Condition

Axel Probst
"One of the darkest red colours on the night. Fresh and complex coffee and fruits on the nose, fading residual fruit. A very balanced palate, with a noticeable acidity and a strong aftertaste.
World of Fine Wine
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Price: $1,810.43 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Dow's, 1945

Vintage Port
Chipped capsule

Axel Probst
"One of the darkest red colours on the night. Fresh and complex coffee and fruits on the nose, fading residual fruit. A very balanced palate, with a noticeable acidity and a strong aftertaste.
World of Fine Wine
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Price: $1,758.52 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Dow's, 1934

Vintage port, DOC Douro
Level in neck
Wine Society Label- Bottling

Colour, Mature tawny in colour. Bouquet, Rich malty and nutty in the nose. Taste, Delicious roasted nuts. Mature. Still some sweetness. Wonderful finish. An attractive old port. Review on vintageport.se
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Price: $2,199.77 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Dow's, 1924

Vintage port, DOC Douro
Bottled by Porter Wright & Co Ltd Sheffield

Colour, Mature tawny in colour. Bouquet, Rich malty and nutty in the nose. Taste, Delicious roasted nuts. Mature. Still some sweetness. Wonderful finish. An attractive old port. Review on vintageport.se
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Price: $2,199.77 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Dow's, Non Vintage

Vintage Port, Douro
Senhora de Ribera
Limited Edition Collection
Contains 1x75 of each 1999, 2009 & 2019

As a celebration of the unique terroir of Sehora de Ribera , the Symington family are releasing a special limited edition case containing 3 bottles of Vintage Port from 2019, 2009 & 1999.


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Price: $356.90 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Dow's

Dow's 10 Year Old Tawny Port

Dows 10 Year Old Tawny Port has a deep russet centre with a distinctive garnet edge and a hint of amber and bright aromas of red cherry and almonds with toffee and vanilla notes balance the nose. On the palate this wine is mouth-filling, with peppery spice and a touch of marmalade. The finish is full, with Dow’s trademark dry edge.

Dow’s Port is one of the most famous names in the Port trade and today is owned and managed by the fifth generation of the Symington family. The family, whose experience dates back over 100 years, supervises all the vineyards, winemaking and ageing of this wine.
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Price: $27.19 USD
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Dow's, 2007

Vintage Port, Douro
100 Points - Wine Spectator

The 2007 Vintage Port Wine from Dow's has received ***100 Points*** from Wine Spectator

This has a superb nose of rich, ripe berry fruit with the typical slightly austere and firm reserve of Dow. Analytically drier than usual, it is still blessed with dense fruit on the palate, a magnificent structure, weight and impressively long finish. On this showing, Dow is a strong candidate for wine of the vintage.

Wine Spectator Awards Perfect Score to World-Renowned Port Producer Dow's 2007 Vintage Port, from the Oporto, Portugal based producer, has been awarded a perfect 100-point score from Wine Spectator magazine in the May 31 issue.
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Price: $180.39 USD
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Dow's, 1980

Vintage Port

The 1980 Dows Vintage Port has a very dark red/black centre, dark red to brown rim. On the nose there are creamy, blackberries and black cherries, slightly herbal notes (good), smoke and wet stone, sweet. The Dow 1980 has a very complex palate, maturity, red currants and black cherries, herbs and smoked meats, in the middle acidity and tannin (still!), great length - 60 seconds plus of blackberries and plums. This is an extraordinary Dow.
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Price: $128.48 USD
Stock: Out of Stock

Dow's, 1970

Vintage Port
UK Bottled by Gilbey Vintners

Dow's 1970 Vintage Port will make a fabulous 50th Birthday or Anniversary gift in 2020.

The 1970 Port Vintage was universally declared as a vintage of outstanding quality. Ideal growing conditions produced what is now a classic, outstanding vintage. The 1970 port wines have great balance, good structure, and will age superbly for decades to come.



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Price: $219.33 USD
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Dow's, 1965

Reserve (late Bottled) Port

The 1965 Dow Reserve is a rare wine. Bottled in 1973

Generations of Symington winemakers have worked at the Dow's vineyards: Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira, creating from them Dow's superbly concentrated wines that are intense and tannic when young, maturing towards a superlative racy elegance with age and scented with violet and mint aromas. Dow's attractive and distinctive drier finish is the recognisable hallmark of the wines from this great Port house.

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Price: $317.96 USD
Stock: Out of Stock