1967 Cockburn

[Alex Bridgeman]

From a bottle with a high fill. Brick coloured, but with a edge that is almost golden; 60% opaque. Smelling slightly oxidised on the nose with pine needles over bitter juniper berries - slightly dirty and very gamey. Quite neutral on entry with little fruit. Some dried sour cherries appear on the mid-palate with the juniper bitterness and a sandlwood sweetness adding complexity and interest, but with a slight touch of oxidation. The flavours all combine to deliver a big, bitter mouthful. The aftertaste is just as big, dominated by cedar wood and leads to an explosion of tobacco which fades quickly until leaving a long finish of red aniseed. A big and powerful port, if a little dry. Served blind this was guessed to be Taylor 1955. 89/100. Decanted 2 hours. Drunk 28 September 2017.

[flash_uk]

30% opacity, warm red. Red fruits on the nose. Dry entry, nicely balanced, strawberry. I guessed D63.

[jdaw1]

Ck67, decanted 17:00. Red, 30% opaque. Red cherry; drying out.


Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Cockburn 1967 (JDAW);
• Burmester 1955 colheita bottled 1979 (THRA);
• Graham 1970 (BMHR);
• Croft 1927 (AHB);
• Croft 1955 (Corney & Barrow) (CPR);
• Taylor 1977 (RLC);
• Cockburn 1963 (MPM);
• Vesuvio 1992 (IDJ);
• Organisation thread.