1970 Cockburn

[jdaw1]

On Monday 9^th February 2015, in the Green Room at the Boot & Flogger, we tasted Port with a theme of ‘Seventies’.

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1963 Croft (‘$’);
• 1976 Graham Malvedos (AHB);
• 1970 Taylor (MPM);
• 1977 Graham (JDAW);
• 1970 Cockburn (IDJ);
• 1970 Graham (CPR);
• 1977 Graham (RDA);
• 1970 Cockburn (DRT);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

Ck70 (IDJ), decanted 23:00 the previous day. Dark red, 50% opaque. Palate of red cherry and raspberry. Mid weight. Soft. A hint of late bitterness. RDA claimed that it nosed of “mouse” — musine olfactory experience not previous having been recorded at a port tasting.

[Alex Bridgeman]

(From IDJ). Deep red, really dark in colour; 80% opaque. Slightly smelly on the nose, a touch of antiseptic over some red fruit. Sweet but balanced on entry with a lovely fragrance to the fruit. Big, bold and brash structure with powerful acidity, softer tannins and a lot of fruit. A wonderful burst of fragrance on the aftertaste and then a huge finish. This is still very youthful. Served blind this was guessed to be Fonseca 1977. 94/100. Decanted 20 hours.