NV Cockburn's Fine Tawny
Posted: 10:51 Sun 21 Feb 2010
While you people are drinking verticals of Sandeman, or getting ready for an annoyingly big Vesuvio offline, I am modestly sipping Cockburn's Fine Tawny. Yes, I'm desperate.
This is in the new, hip bottle, bottled by Symington Family Estates. The front label says: "Light with toffee notes," and the back labels says the port has "hints of toffee and butterscotch; a mellow port with spicy feel."
Indeed, mellow it is. After a while, that is. Because it starts off very hot and alcoholic. Luckily, this disappears. What is left is a simple tawny port, that matches the description on the label quite well. Flavours are ok, it is rather thin and has no finish to speak of. It lacks a bit of freshness, which makes it slightly cloying. A slice of lime could solve this problem. Needless to say, I drank this chilled.
Not half as bad as I thought it would be. I think I will finish the bottle. But I'm also quite happy that we received a couple of bottles of Taylor's 10YOT to replace this as daily drinker.
This is in the new, hip bottle, bottled by Symington Family Estates. The front label says: "Light with toffee notes," and the back labels says the port has "hints of toffee and butterscotch; a mellow port with spicy feel."
Indeed, mellow it is. After a while, that is. Because it starts off very hot and alcoholic. Luckily, this disappears. What is left is a simple tawny port, that matches the description on the label quite well. Flavours are ok, it is rather thin and has no finish to speak of. It lacks a bit of freshness, which makes it slightly cloying. A slice of lime could solve this problem. Needless to say, I drank this chilled.
Not half as bad as I thought it would be. I think I will finish the bottle. But I'm also quite happy that we received a couple of bottles of Taylor's 10YOT to replace this as daily drinker.
