1977 Cockburn

[jdaw1]

JDAW’s other brother-in-law wanted to attend a tasting, so an emergency was declared, and held on Monday 8th February 2016 at the Boot & Flogger.

I do love an Emergency!

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1960 Butler Nephew (AHB);
• 1963 Croft (MPM);
• 1963 Sandeman (SCD);
• 1963 Martinez (WPS);
• 1970 Fonseca (CPR);
• 1972 Offley Boa Vista (DRT);
• 1977 Cockburn (DRT);
• 1977 Fonseca (PW);
• 1985 Fonseca (JDAW/BKS);
• 1987 Quinta do Noval Nacional (JDAW/BKS);
• 1987 Graham Quinta dos Malvedos (JDAW/BKS);
• 1997 Dow (GLHBD);
• Food order;
• Placemats (and parameters by which made);
• Planning and arrangements.

[flash_uk]

35% opacity, red-brown. Quite hot, in the mouth some tree sap - cedar. This was quite different to the sample tasted at the 2015 BFT, which was much more fine and elegant.

[Alex Bridgeman]

A bicentenary release bottle. Mature burnished copper colour, 50% opaque. Smelly and reductive on the nose, unpleasant. Bottle stink flavours dominate the initial impact on the palate. There is a little fruit on the mid-palate and some soft caramel with kumquat dominating the end of the finish. Not rated.

[Doggett]

Ck77 A limited edition release of this previously not declared/realeased '77 vintage. I didn't like this port until the very end of the night where the bottle stink had calmed a lot. There was some eculyptus on the first taste but this was also affected by whatever spoiled this port with the smell. Subsequent discussions have suggested that maybe it requires a few years to settle down after the recorking of these special bottles.
Not rated

[jdaw1]

Ck77, decanted 06:30. Lovely red, 50% opaque. Palate of red cherries, strawberries. Good size. Mike said “cedar”, correctly. Some heat mid palate.