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Port wines are heavy, rich wines that are typically classified as dessert or after-dinner wines. Port hails from the city of Oporto, in Portugal, and is fortified with high-proof brandy called aguardente. As a result of its fortification, many Port wine brands can age for a very long time and increase in value and distinction with age.
The two main types of Port wine, Ruby and Tawny, are identifiable by their color and their taste profile: ruby port is not aged in wood and as such displays a bright reddish purple color and notes of fruit and spice; tawny port, aged in wood barrels, is darker in color and presents flavors of raisin, nut, and baking spices.
Port’s nutty, fruity and spicy flavors pair well with pies, tarts, or any sweet or semi-sweet desserts. Another good match for Port wines is a fruit or cheese tray that will show off the best elements of the wine’s delicate flavor notes.
ST8989 pts. - Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar - Sep/Oct 2007 Pinkish amber. Spicy redcurrant and toffee aromas are complicated by orange peel, molasses and fresh rose. A delicate and nicely focused tawny with toffeed apple and pear flavors and an exotic blood orange quality emerging on the back. This rather understated port shows good finishing lift and a lingering salted caramel character.SP8888 pts. - Wine Spectator - Jul 31, 2011 Sweet and silky, balancing its roasted hazelnut, coffee and bitter chocolate flavors with a thread of cherry. The finish lingers gently. Drink now. 7,300 cases made.WE8888 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 12/15/2007 This widely available, bargain-priced tawny remains an Australian classic, offering toffee and walnut aromas and flavors along with dust-covered leather and just a hint of fresh fruit. It’s lighter in weight than you might expect from a Port-inspired New World wine, but offers a tasty drop on a wintry evening. Imported by Pacific Wine Partners.
SP8888 pts. - Wine Spectator - Aug 31, 2018 Fresh and forward, with a ripe mix of blueberry compote and blackberry cobbler flavors. A light singed vanilla thread on the finish gives this spine. A textbook introduction to ruby Port. Drink now. 33,500 cases made.WE8787 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 3/1/2010 Very fresh fruit, somewhat stalky, with tannins that show a ripe character over good spice. The flavors of berry fruits and figs are easy, soft, finishing with attractive acidity.
WE9191 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 7/1/2021 One of the original Late Bottled Vintage brands, this continues to set a fine style. This latest release is full of black fruits that have been softened by extra wood aging. At the same time, the richness of the wine shows strongly and emphatically, giving a Port that has density and ready drinkability.
RP9494 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 31st Oct 2005 The complex aromatics of the opaque, black-colored 2003 Dow Vintage Port display chocolate, dried oak, black cherries, blackberries, copious spices, and a myriad of flowers. A fresh, backward wine, it offers a medium to full-bodied, deeply concentrated core of spice-laced dark fruits. Softly-textured and seductive in the mid-palate, it boasts abundant layers of candied Damson plums, blueberries, black cherries, molasses, and hints of chocolate before revealing its firm structure. Extremely youthful and primary, this exceptional effort demands patience. Projected maturity: 2025–2045+.SP92+92–94 pts. - Wine Spectator - Jul 31, 2005 Thick and velvety, with loads of fruit and a chocolaty, berry and raspberry character. Big, velvety tannins and a long, long finish. Medium-sweet. Wonderful. Dow shows class here.WS9292 pts. - Wine & Spirits - December 1, 2005 The black kernel of flavor that often forms the core of a Dow vintage is there in this wine, surrounded in ’03 by juicy sweetness. Firm, bitter chocolate tannins are present behind the lush, honeyed fruit; savory herbs parallel the sweeter, floral tones. Rounder and more approachable than most young Dow vintages, this wine’s structure is masked, and it’s not clear whether it’s a 20 year vintage or longer. Drink 2020 through 2030.
SP9191 pts. - Wine Spectator - Jan 31, 2002 Amber in color, sweet but nut unctuous, this has vibrant almond, apricot and spice aromas and flavors, and echoes rich notes of cherry and orange peel as well. Drink now.RP9090 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 29th Jun 2016 The NV Museum Reserve Antique Tawny is pale amber/tawny in color and seriously nutty with a walnut and Christmas cake-laced nose; spirituous notes of brandy waft alongside caramel, treacle and earth. Rich, concentrated and with good length, this wine is sweet and packed with flavor.WE8989 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 2/1/2011 A pale tawny in color, this complex sweet wine features note of honey, fig and citrus. It’s silky in texture, even if the alcohol does show through a bit on the finish.
WE9292 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 5/1/2021 Luscious while also structured, this balanced Port is rich and fruity, showing the proper signs of wood aging. While the wine has sweetness on the outside, there is a drier core that gives it sophistication and immediate drinkability.RP9191 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 22nd Jul 2021 The 2015 Late Bottled Vintage Port is a field blend bottled in 2021 with a bar-top cork and 110 grams per liter of residual sugar. This has all of those Graham’s trademarks, including a bit of extra sugar at the end. It’s not as powerful as the Symington Cockburn’s was on opening, but at the end of the tasting, this actually showed more power. It is also far more elegant and suave, with a big aromatic hit of eucalyptus that makes it invigorating too. Then it is typically Graham’s — meaning sweet and delicious. This is nuanced and very fine, an LBV with a bit of a distinction and a lot of everything. It should hold throughout the decade, probably more, but that’s not really the point here.
RP9090 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 22nd Jul 2021 The 2015 Late Bottled Vintage Port is a field blend bottled in 2021 with a bar-top cork and 106 grams of residual sugar after some six years in oak. Elegant and chock-full of fruit, this has some aromatic impact and reasonable depth. This is not as exuberant or as sweet in perception as the Graham’s this report (that’s a fairly common statement), but it walks down the middle of the road perfectly, often reasonably expressive and quite delicious. At first, it doesn’t stand out as much compared to its Symington siblings this report (the Cockburn’s and Graham’s), seeming drier and more stolid, but the overall balance might be better, and it is certainly very tasty. There’s a real backbone supporting the fruit. After a bit of time, this came around perfectly. Of the three, I’d pick the Graham’s, while the Cockburn’s fell off after a very impressive start. Reasonable minds might differ. They are all excellent. As with its siblings, it should hold well throughout the decade, maybe more, although that is not really the point with this wine.
SP9292 pts. - Wine Spectator - Web only – 2018 Date, fig and mulled plum fruit flavors form this broad and juicy core. Cinnamon, black tea and hazelnut notes fill in the background. Shows some power, with the cut and drive for balance. Drink now. 30,000 cases made.WE9191 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 12/1/2014 The wine is rich, ripe and fruity with good acidity as well as a bite of spirit and old-wood aging. It is well balanced, keeping the freshness of a 10-Year-Old while also showing good signs of its wood aging. Just what a 10-Year-Old should be.WS8787 pts. - Wine & Spirits - October 1, 2004 Fruit-leather flavors of dried apricot combine with a sweeter tone, like baba au rhum. this is a dark tones, pleasantly woody wine for dried fruit or nuts.
SP9696 pts. - Wine Spectator - Dec 31, 2019 Intense, featuring an energetic core of black Mission fig, açaí berry and blackberry fruit, all entwined with strands of licorice snap, singed alder, tar and cassis bush. The finish crackles with life, as the grip is substantial but supported as much by acidity as tannins, giving this a freshness that pierces through the dark fruit profile. Best from 2035 through 2055. 498 cases made.
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