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Wine Name
Dow's Quinta Senhora da Ribeira Vintage Port

Wine Producer
Dow's Port

Score
94

Wine Style
Fortified Wine

Grape Type
Touriga Nacional
Touriga Franca
Tempranillo
Tinta Barroca
Tinta Cão

Country
Portugal

Vintage
1998

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Overview

Richard Mayson: Low yields produced potentially outstanding wines, prospects of a fully declared vintage dashed by rain during harvest; still very deep and youthful, opaque; not very expressive on the nose (just a phase in its evolution, I suspect); fine, dense, and tight knit, with some flesh, yet showing characteristic Dow austerity (2.95° Baumé), a dark-chocolate core (80% cocoa solids!), and cast-iron tannins; big and solid, with a fabulous, explosive finish. Topnotch single-estate Port that would benefit from another five years in bottle. 18