The 2007 Dow’s was one of the most closed examples of the vintage that I tasted while in Portugal at the end of April, but it was very clearly a great, great bottle in the making. The deep and still quite primary nose...
The 2007 Dow’s was one of the most closed examples of the vintage that I tasted while in Portugal at the end of April, but it was very clearly a great, great bottle in the making. The deep and still quite primary nose offers up a superb blend of cassis, black cherries, tar, black pepper and a very complex base of minerality. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, bottomless and very pure, with its powerful personality currently reigned in by great tangy acids and firm, ripe tannins. The wine is absolutely rock solid at the core, with stunning vibrancy and focus and a finish that simply does not end. I have quite never tasted a greater young vintage of Dow’s. This brilliant wine will take many years to really hit is apogee, and may prove to be almost timeless.