1983 Dow's Vintage Port

[Andy Velebil]

1983 Dows VP: (both of them) The one that was decanted was just barily lighter in the center, the edges being about the same. While the just decanted one showed more primary fruit on the nose, the 7 hour decanted one was showing some deep marion berries and had lost that in-your-face plums of the just opened bottle. The decanted bottles tannins was not so rough and had integrated quite well, but make no mistake, the tannins are still plentiful in these babies. While it was fun to compare two bottles side by side, the decanting really showed. 91+ points for the decanted bottled and 89+ for the just opened bottle.

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[Michael Whitehead]

pop and pour.

plum-y blackberries and figs with trace amounts of cherries and milk chocolate.

knowing the owner, storage was bad.

this bottle was not impressive.

[Roy Hersh]

I have always enjoyed the 1983 Dow and at $19.95 back in the day it was a hell of a bargain too.