payment methods
SAFEBUY ASSURED
Visitor no.301396

1963 Dows Vintage Port 1963


Click here to view a larger image... 1963 Dows Vintage Port 1963

Ref: 35/B40.

From the outstanding 1963 vintage, this wonderful Dow vintage port scores 92/100 Parker points and "is a classic, a monumental, rich, still tannic wine that will last at least another 30 years." Drink now - 2021.

This vintage port is shipped in a deluxe silk lined wooden presentation box with four wine accessories (corkscrew, wine pourer, drip stopper & wine thermometer) [worth £17.99] at no extra cost.


Price: £269.97

Gift message: (unlimited text)

CATALOG SUSPENDED

This product is in stock and available for immediate delivery. We use UK Mail to deliver your wine gifts in the UK. A signature from someone over 18 is needed for proof of age as this is a licensed product. We cannot leave goods in a safe place for proof of age as this is a licensed product. We offer a next day delivery service costing £6.99 per order. Orders must be received by 1630 to go out on this service. We also offer a Saturday before noon service costing £19.99 and an all day Saturday service costing £12.99. Orders over £39.99 that do not require next day delivery, will be shipped free of charge within five working days or on any date of your choice. Orders under £39.98 will incur a £5.99 delivery charge. We can ship same day to areas in Greater London and the South of England. Please phone 020 8746 7771 for a quote. Our couriers deliver Monday to Friday 0800 - 1830, excluding bank holidays. Please enter a delivery address that will have someone available to receive the gift between these times. You will receive an e mail confirming that the order has been shipped and another when the order has been received stating when it was delivered and who signed for it.

International Deliveries We can send overseas and the price (normally £19.99 per bottle) varies depending on the destination. When you go through the checkout you will be asked for the delivery country and it will then update the shipping charges. We ship all international orders in polystyrene containers. We cannot by law ship alcohol to certain countries. Shipping charges vary and we will make an additional charge if more than one bottle is shipped. Please call 020 8746 7771 for further details.

An monumental Vintage of legendary proportions. One of the 20th Century's finest. A Vintage Port against which all others are judged. Declared by all the major Port Houses. Vintage Ports with their essential three components of fruit, tannin and elegance prodcued. Ronald Symington of the Symington Port Group, "Wonderful weather for the last three weeks, which was just what was required after the rain. The last weeks of the most perfect weather cleared up any podre (rot) that was threatening. Mostos (musts) look very nice indeed and seem to have plenty of colour even if perhaps lacking a little in guts. Graduations on the whole are very good and the grapes, especially in the early part of the vintage, produced a great deal of wine. Nights have been cool and temperatures have been very satisfactory. We have every hope that some very good wines will have been made."

The origins of Dow’s port can be traced to JJ da Silva who founded the firm in 1862. In 1868 a Warre family member joined the company and in 1877 James Ramsey Dow firm called Dow & Co. merged with Silva & Cosens and took the name Dow for the port house. In 1912 Andrew Symington managed the vineyards at Dow and in 1961 the Symington family took total control of the Dow port house. The house owns the famous vineyards of Quinta do Bomfim at Pinhao and Quinta da Ribeira. Dow’s vintage ports have a firm tannic structure which are powerful when young, but evolve beautifully into elegant, multi dimensional ports when aged.

We are the largest online retailer of vintage wine gifts by treating you, our customer, as we would like to be treated when we shop online. We have a phone number (020 8746 7771) where you can talk to someone based in the UK about any of our wines or any issues you have. We promise to answer all emails within 90 minutes during working hours with most be answered almost immediately. We promise that you cannot buy our wines cheaper anywhere else and offer a money back guarantee. We offer a no quibble refund policy if for any reason you want to return your unopened purchase. We offer a replacement policy if your wine is corked. We also communicate with you by acknowledging your order immediately, emailing you when it is despatched along with tracking information and also emailing you when the gift has been successfully delivered.