Dow’s Vintage Ports are only produced in years of exceptional quality and only use selected fruit from the companies’ finest vineyards: Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta de Senhora da Ribeira. The 2011 is a wonderfully flamboyant release with abundant notes of black and red fruits, bitter chocolate, graphite, dried violet flowers and exotic spices. Despite its opulence, it is remarkably well-balanced with ample innate complexity, acidity and tannin to ensure this will evolve beautifully over time.