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Community Tasting Notes 73
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jlgnml Likes this wine: 95 points
February 24, 2024 - MAGNUM Vintage Port (CUT restaurant Beverly Hills): Out of magnum. Deep color and depth on the palate. A bit of a sting of alcohol, dryer style but my first glass finished in the flight of 5.
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vinojones wrote: 98 points
January 6, 2024 - Pale ruby red; marzipan, red current, maraschino cherry nose; full body maraschino taste but not cloying or unbalanced; with time became richer, heavier on the palate but not unbalanced. Lacks only a little complexity on the finish to get a perfect score.
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December 30, 2023 - Sold on Wine Owners site.
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Iskama Likes this wine: 97 points
December 29, 2023 - I was a little apprehensive after reading some recent notes on here but this stopped us in our tracks. Initially had a very spicy birch beer type of flavor after opening, but well balanced. Mellowed out after 30-45 minutes with the fruit taking center stage and the alcohol more noticeable. But this was shockingly fresh for a 60 year old wine and it has at least 5-10 more years of good drinking ahead for well stored bottles. An absolute treat. We drank this next to a 2004 Taylor and that wine felt way too young, I would’ve wanted at least 20 more years for it to approach anywhere close to the complexity and ethereal character of this 1963 Dow.
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Throughthegrapevine Likes this wine: 90 points
December 24, 2023 - Balance shifting away from fruit to alcohol being more present. Drink up, at age 60
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By Tim Jackson MW
9/8/2020 (link)(Dow's Port Red) Subscribe to see review text.
For The Love of Port
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By Roy Hersh
Issue #86, 2/15/2015(Dow’s Vintage Port) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Roy Hersh
Issue #76, 6/20/2013(Dow’s Vintage Port) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Roy Hersh
Issue #53, 5/17/2010(Dow’s Vintage Port) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
9/18/2006 (link)(Dow port Red) Subscribe to see review text.
For The Love of Port
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By Roy Hersh
September 2006, Issue #17 (link)(Dow Vintage Port) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
5/17/2010 (link) 96 points(Dow Porto Vintage) Bricking light medium red color with clear meniscus; roses, floral, dried cherry, tobacco, cigar box, hibiscus nose; dried cherry, roses, tobacco, cigar box palate with depth, elegance and power; long finish 96+ pts. (decanted for nearly 4 hours)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1963
- Type Red - Fortified
- Producer Dow
- Varietal Port Blend
- Designation Vintage
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Portugal
- Region Douro
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Porto
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 845 (67%)
- Consumed 407 (32%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
96% Like It 23 votes
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- ProducerDow
- VarietyPort Blend
- CountryPortugal
- RegionDouro
- AppellationPorto
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