SKU: 53609
Dow's Vintage Port 1997
- ws95
- we94
750ml
$119.99
An evolved, less massive style than normal, the 1997 Dow's displays a dark ruby/purple color, attractive licorice, chocolate and roasted coffee aromas, medium to full body, sweet tannin, and a moderately tannic finish. This top-flight vintage port should drink well between 2004-2025.
Wine Spectator
- ws95
Warm and inviting, with a worn leather feel to the mix of dried anise, espresso, bittersweet cocoa, steeped fig and mulled currant notes, which move seamlessly together through the buckwheat-edged finish. There's plenty here to like now, but this has ample energy for additional development.-1997 Vintage Port retrospective (January 2017). Best from 2020 through 2035. 10,000 cases made.
Wine Enthusiast
- we94
Mouthfilling and round, without any sharp edges, but this wine remains extremely firm and dense, with several decades of life ahead of it. Dried fig, chocolate and black licorice flavors only hint at what lies ahead.