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Tasting facts
Taste: Sweet
With food · Sweet desserts, Mature and hard cheese, Blue cheese
Producer pairings · Cheese and dark chocolate desserts. Serve slightly chilled in hot weather; no decanting needed.
Market range $16.69–$19.99 (around the market median, Nov 9, 2026)
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- Producer
- Dow's
- Founded
- 1798
- Founder
- Bruno da Silva
- Home region
- Douro Valley, Portugal
- Flagship
- Vintage Port
- Ownership
- Symington Family Estates
Founded in 1798 by Portuguese merchant Bruno da Silva; Silva and Cosens merged with Dow and Co. in 1877 and took the Dow name, and the Symington family, partners since 1912, now owns it outright.
Since 1912, when Andrew James Symington became a partner in Dow's, five generations of Symington winemakers have lived and worked at the vineyards of Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira.
Cellar ToursPort / Fortified
Dow's Ruby Port
Description
Deep and lively ruby colour; full-bodied, red fruit driven aromas; fresh and youthful with raspberry and cherry flavours, long and intense finish. Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao (no percentages given).
Winemaker Notes
Dow's Ruby offers a great entry-level Port for the shopper looking for value. It's bright raspberry and cherry flavors marry well with cocoa powder and mineral notes with the drier finish characteristic of Dow's Ports.
- Type
- Dessert
- Varietal
- Port / Fortified
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cao
- Region
- Country
- Portugal
- Colour
- Ruby
- Price band
- Under $20
- ABV
- 19%
- Total acidity
- 4 g/L
- Oak
- Average 3 years in seasoned oak casks at lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia
- Aging
- 36 months
- LWIN
- 1606085
- Market median
- $17.99 (Nov 9, 2026)