Dow's "Quinta do Bomfim" Single-Quinta Vintage Port 2013
94 Points Wine Enthusiast
Just beginning to mature, this single vineyard Port from Dow’s flagship estate is dense, generous and full of spice and dark sweet fruits, with an underlying structure. It is almost ready to drink now but will be best from 2024.
Acquired by George Warre for Dow’s in 1896, the name of the property derived from Vale do Bomfim, ‘the well-placed valley’, as the area around the village of Pinhão was then known. In 1912, Andrew James Symington became a partner in Dow’s and made Quinta do Bomfim his Douro family home. Since then generations of Symington winemakers have worked the vineyards and enjoyed stays at this beautiful property.
One of the finest Douro estates, Quinta do Bomfim is sited in the heart of the Upper Douro Valley, ideally located in an area of transition between temperate and Mediterranean climates. Predominantly south-facing with ample solar exposure, the schist slopes are arranged in vineyard terraces which have yielded Dow’s memorable Vintage Ports for over a century.
All the grapes harvested at the property are taken to the small on-site winery where they are trodden in modern lagares, faithful to the method developed over hundreds of years which continues to make the finest Ports.
| Grape Blend | Wine Specifications | Aging Details |
| Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz and old mixed vines. |
20% abv, 105 g/L residual sugar |
aged in seasoned oak casks (tonéis) for roughly 18 months; it was subsequently bottled unfiltered in the spring of 2015 |
Quinta do Bomfim