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Community Tasting Notes 65
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maxima wrote: 92 points
January 3, 2024 - Belle bouteille ouverte par Dwayne au réveillon.
Souple et bien vivant.
Figues, noix, dattes et fleurs.
Hyper velouté et bien long.
Rien n'accroche.
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Colowine Likes this wine:
December 23, 2023 - Almost got the cork out in one piece. Amazing wine in a great place. Deep, rich, vibrant, complex.
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mdefreitas wrote: 92 points
April 8, 2023 - The cork crumbled as it was extracted and was quite saturated with wine. I suspect poor storage conditions. As this wine is known for, still very dark in color. This is still retaining a good amount of fruit but there is also a distracting medicinal note.
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Thoughtful Likes this wine: 95 points
April 2, 2023 - Stored in a cold cellar since release. Cork collapsed so realise why 19th century used red hot tongs! Lovely bouquet. Surprisingly deep and young tasting. Medium bodied with great balance and persistence. Thought drinking up some port that must nearing end of life. Quite wrong. Years of life left. A revelation for a year that was rated only good to very good on release.
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theportguy wrote: 95 points
November 18, 2022 - FTLOP 17th Anniversary; 11/18/2022-11/20/2022 (Seattle, Washington): Dark, almost completely opaque. The nose has wonderful, complex notes of blackberry, black plum, and chocolate. On the palate, there is a fantastic structure, with black licorice, anise, and cocoa powder. The tannins are well-structured as well on the long, beautiful finish.
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By Richard Jennings
5/11/2017 (link) 95 points(Dow Porto Vintage) Bricked medium red color with medium orange meniscus; aromatic, mature, dried fig, dried cherry, caramel cherry, cigar box nose; delicious, complex, mature, dried fig, dried cherry, caramel cherry, cigar box, coffee, Turkish delight palate; long finish 95+ points
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1980
- Type Red - Fortified
- Producer Dow
- Varietal Port Blend
- Designation Vintage
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Portugal
- Region Douro
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Porto
- UPC Codes 094799020554, 5010867203266
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 593 (69%)
- Consumed 265 (31%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerDow
- VarietyPort Blend
- CountryPortugal
- RegionDouro
- AppellationPorto
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