Dow's - Fine White Porto NV (750ml) Recioto della Valpolicella

Dow's - Fine White Porto NV (750ml) Recioto della ValpolicellaDow's Fine White is made primarily at the Quinta do Sol winery. Only traditional white grape varieties from the Douro valley are used. Dow's Fine White was 100% fermented off the skins and using temperature control so that fermentation takes place between 18 22 degreed Celsius. Aged for an average of three years it is bottled when ready to drink and requires no further aging.

The nose is stunned by the complexity of the 2020 vintage: strawberry and dark cherry dominate the rich bouquet of small red fruits

From beginning to end

Notes of smokey fruit and some plum

The Cabernet Sauvignon Cuvée Alexandre also includes Carménère (9%)

Pale golden straw in color with green hues

Leaving behind conventional vinegrowing techniques in order to embrace organic and biodynamic methods

The complex

temperatures

ALTHOUGH WINEGROWERS OBVIOUSLY LEAVE THEIR MARK AS WELL IN TERMS OF CULTURE

The grape once known as Tocai Friulano (with the "Tocai" now dropped per EU order after the Hungarians complained) is actually an old Bordeaux white called Sauvignonasse or Sauvignon Vert

Very seductive

and cherry fruit flavors amid notes of vanilla