Community Tasting Notes 18

• Vinnut Likes this wine: 95 points

  November 19, 2023 - Deep dark reddish-purple in color with little signs of aging. Full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries, raisins & dried figs with overtones of floral, spice & earthy notes, minerals, dark cocoa, coffee & cedar in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, jammy, ripe fruit flavors of blackberries, dark cherries, dried figs & raisins with spices, dark cocoa, minerals & a hint of vanilla. Long lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & extended airing but should develop further with additional aging.

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• ShaneTierney Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 24, 2021 - Decanted 48 hours. Tasted blind alongside '16 & '17 Cockburn VP, '16 & '17 Taylor's VP, and '17 Dow's VP. Each one could probably be a point higher because the palate got blasted.
  Both Dow's had brighter fruit than the rest at the moment, alongside the 2016 Taylor's. The 2016 Dow's had a slightly thinner mouth-feel and shorter finish than the 2017, but that's probably splitting hairs.
  So good and can't wait to have more on its own.

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• ShaneTierney Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 23, 2021 - Decanted 48 hours. Tasted blind alongside '16 & '17 Cockburn VP, '16 & '17 Taylor's VP, and '17 Dow's VP. Each one could probably be a point higher because the palate got blasted.
  Both Dow's had brighter fruit than the rest at the moment, alongside the 2016 Taylor's. The 2016 Dow's had a slightly thinner mouth-feel and shorter finish than the 2017, but that's probably splitting hairs.
  So good and can't wait to have more on its own.

  2 people found this helpful Comment

• Hiker4life70 Likes this wine: 90 points

  September 5, 2021 - I have not had a vintage port this young before. It has a very heady black and dark cherry nose, floral. The palate is more astringent than I am used to but most likely due to its youth. There is definitely plenty of room for this to improve over the next several decades. I don’t think I will open the next bottle for 15 years

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• Jimaronson wrote: 95 points

  April 14, 2021 - Great port. Smooth and full of fruit.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red - Fortified
• Producer Dow
• Varietal Port Blend
• Designation Vintage
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Douro
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Porto
• UPC Codes 094799021131, 094799021148, 5608309002852, 5608309003798, 7790240092011

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• Pending Delivery 321 (9%)
• In Cellars 2,965 (86%)
• Consumed 179 (5%)

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