1966 Dow Porto Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (25) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  1/24/2023 - David Johnstone Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Very pale and light plate but delicious

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  10/3/2021 - tadams66 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Bottle was bought recently. Lots of sediment. Very wonder port. Had nice complexity and finish but integrated tannins. Not the best port I had but a very special wine.

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  5/8/2020 - MAOC wrote:

  Decanted for 3 hours as thin and unintegrated on opening. Beautiful fruit, dense but balanced, lots of smoke / date / walnut going on in the background. Mid maturity, no more. Not quite at the level I remember Taylor’s being at a few years ago; but much readier than Fonseca more recently ****+

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  2/26/2020 - apple1813 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Tasted blind in Vintage Port of the 60's and 70's event with Winetasters of Toronto Club
  1966 Dow Porto Vintage was floral, nutty and spicy. The mature vintage port was medium tawny in colour. On the nose, there were walnuts, cashew, cinnamon and baking spices, followed by violets, lavender and prunes. The mouthfeel was full-bodied, medium-sweet, and intensely spicy. There were balanced medium levels of acidity and mature tannin. There were flavours of figs, herbs nuts and a touch of saltiness in the long painfully powerful finish.
  It was voted the third among the guests at the table and among the entire group.

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  2/1/2020 - tobyc Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Made from Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Barroca.
  
  Pure, clean tawny coloured. A bit reductive and not particularily expressive opening. Sweet but dense and w. dryness and marked acid and body. Great elegance and complexity. Just keeps going and going and going.
  
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  My notes: Nuts, autumn leaves, truffles, root cropts, mushrom stock, orange zest, baking spices and bitter chocolate.

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