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1967 Dow

Posted: 13:19 Sat 10 Jun 2017
by jdaw1

Re: 1967 Dow

Posted: 13:44 Sat 10 Jun 2017
by jdaw1
D67. From the personal cellar of Charles Symington (thank you—doff hat). Red, 30% opaque. Weird palate. Lots of candy. Fascinating, but absolutely not in the style of Dow, nor great. The candy just overwhelmingly what there was. PW said “treacle toffee”, which wasn’t my perception of it.

Re: 1967 Dow

Posted: 00:33 Tue 13 Jun 2017
by Caparica
D67 - Thank you Mr. Charles Symington !
Eye: medium ruby red, cloudy, glycerine
Nose: Elegant , vanilla, no alcohol, bit oxidate
Mouth: medium body, low tannins, medium finish with a note of iron in aftertaste
Score: 90 ... Good

Re: 1967 Dow

Posted: 10:39 Tue 13 Jun 2017
by flash_uk
30% opacity, brown-red, yellow rim. Caramel and vanilla on the nose. Syrupy mouthfeel, mild acidity, sweetness along the palate. Soft sweet caramels with some tobacco hints. Body showing some hints of flabbiness.

A real treat to be able to taste this rarity - many thanks to Charles S.

Re: 1967 Dow

Posted: 18:41 Sun 29 Oct 2017
by Alex Bridgeman
A private family bottling, a bottle of which was generously donated to this tasting. The colour of oxidised copper with a pale orange rim; 20% opaque. Broad on the nose, wide and slightly stewed but with plenty of fruit. Sweet and fruity entry followed by a nice complexity and great concentration—treacle and toffee and sweet, dried fruits. While there are surprisingly still some tannins on the mid-palate, these lead to a late palate that is quite dry. Overall however, the palate is big and full. There is some heat on the aftertaste, which becomes very dry and full of bitter, concentrated blood orange. The port as a whole is slightly out of balance; a little like it is trying too hard. 88/100. Decanted 3 hours.