2017 Dow

[jdaw1]

The 2017s were tasted on Tuesday 25th June 2019, at The Boot & Flogger.

Many thanks to the many shippers who sent bottles, and to Alex for organising.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• The 2017s:
  • Bulas 2017;
  • Burmester 2017;
  • Churchill 2017;
  • Churchill Quinta da Gricha 2017;
  • Cockburn 2017;
  • Quinta do Crasto 2017;
  • Croft 2017;
  • Croft Quinta da Roêda Sērikos 2017;
  • Dalva 2017;
  • Dow 2017;
  • Fonseca 2017;
  • Graham 2017;
  • Graham The Stone Terraces 2017;
  • Quinta do Javali 2017;
  • Kopke 2017;
  • Quinta das Lamelas 2017;
  • Martha 2017;
  • Maynard 2017;
  • Maynard Organic 2017;
  • Niepoort 2017;
  • Quinta do Noval 2017;
  • Quinta do Noval Nacional 2017;
  • Pintas 2017;
  • Poças 2017;
  • Portal 2017;
  • Portal Muros 2017;
  • Quevedo 2017;
  • Ramos Pinto 2017;
  • Ramos Pinto Quinta de Ervamoira 2017;
  • Quinta da Romaneira 2017;
  • La Rosa 2017;
  • Quinta da Sequeira 2017;
  • Skeffington 2017;
  • Taylor 2017;
  • Taylor Vargellas Vinha Velha 2017;
  • Quinta do Vale Meão 2017;
  • Quinta do Vallado 2017;
  • Quinta do Vallado Adelaide 2017;
  • Quinta do Vesuvio 2017;
  • Capela da Quinta do Vesuvio 2017;
  • Vieira de Sousa 2017;
  • Warre 2017;
• Sticky labels and TN pages (which caused some additions to the list of Port House abbreviations).
• Planing and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

D17: Very long and soft, with soft red fruit — raspberry becoming blackberry. Delicious to drink young.

Later still excellent. Acidity showing more clearly, and raspberries more dominant.

[NickA]

C1: Attractively herby with slightly greener fruit-rhubarb? Similar palate. This has lovely complexity aligned to dense, rich fruit. Supple tannins, great balance and length. Fantastic, distinctive port. (Dow)

[rich_n]

Big vanilla and dark fruit aroma. Masses of fruit on the palate, red fruit and black cherries. Lots of pepper and spice and really balanced tannins. Excellent. (Nb I was fortunate to take the remains of a half bottle of this home, and a couple of days later it had opened up further and was delicious, with dark chocolate now in the mix)

[Constandia]

Very deep, impenetrable dark colour. The Symington family have done a great job extracting colour and flavour components to the max! Production was tiny and it shows, this port is concentrated as anything. Floral aromas of violet and rockrose, intense dark fruit, blackberry, black cherry, cassis, dark chocolate and freshly ground coffeee, spicy, with cinnamon and clove. Sweet, balanced, mouthwatering and complex with a very long finish accompanied by a pleasant dryness.18.5/20