Dow's Christmas port?

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ThomasBarleycorn
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Dow's Christmas port?

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Any info on these? In a wooden box but no date or bottling info.

Label describes a young port requiring no age.
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It's a basic ruby port which was (is?) sold in UK supermarkets at a particular time of year.
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DRT wrote: 21:51 Sun 21 Oct 2018It's a basic ruby port which was (is?) sold in UK supermarkets at a particular time of year.
It's a little cruel to describe this as a "basic" ruby port although absolutely technically correct. This is a port from specially selected lotes that are blended together to make a ruby port that has tones and flavours more redolent of Christmas than other Dow ruby ports, such as Icon. I was given a bottle for Christmas 2014 and posted a tasting note of it here. It's quite enjoyable in a soft and fruity way.
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I saw a bottle of this for sale in John Lewis on Saturday. It came in a polished copper wire bottle cradle shaped like a reindeer. I thought it was rather cute; my better half thought it tacky. I was not allowed to buy it.
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AHB wrote: 09:34 Tue 06 Nov 2018 I saw a bottle of this for sale in John Lewis on Saturday. It came in a polished copper wire bottle cradle shaped like a reindeer. I thought it was rather cute; my better half thought it tacky. I was not allowed to buy it.
I agree with your better half.
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