The 2024 Vintage Port follows the previous declaration of 2017. It was produced with grapes from Quinta do Bomfim in the Cima Corgo and Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira in the Douro Superior. The blend is 40% Touriga Franca, 35% Touriga Nacional, 15% field blend (vinhas velhas) and 10% Alicante Bouschet. It fermented in lagar and matured in oak casks. It's linear and structured, with some graphite, lots of resinous rockrose, hints of chocolate (classic Dow's) and is slightly dry and peppery, with a textbook note of violets. Dow's are typically brooding, not up front and quite long. It has a lot of grip. It comes in at 20% alcohol, with a pH of 3.65 and 99 grams of sugar, which makes this one of their driest vintages, with Cockburn's, making it long and vinous. I think this is great wine. 66,420 bottles produced. Drink 2040-2070.
From Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta da Sra. da Ribeira in the Douro Superior, a blend of 40% Touriga Franca, 35% Touriga Nacional, 15% Vinha Velha and 10% Alicante Bouschet: if anything, deeper in colour than Warre above; gloriously ripe on the nose and expressive already with a nicely lifted touch of hedgerow fruit giving off a lovely perfume; suave and smooth initially, especially for Dow, with peppery tannic grip rising in the mouth, long and linear, tight knit and dry in style as befits Dow (3.4 baumé) but in no way overpowering on the finish with beautiful definition. Certain to be a classic. 5,535 cases.
