NV Cockburn's, Special Reserve Port 6x75cl | Cru Wine Fine Wine & Spirits Merchant

CRITIC REVIEWS

Stephen Tanzer

Fresh nose combines black and red fruits. Intensely flavored and moderately sweet; the color of ruby but shows a tawny port-like smoothness and pliancy in the mouth. Wears its alcohol gracefully. Finishes slightly dry, with hints of almond and hazelnut. Showed a dill note with aeration.

Mark Squires

The NV Special Reserve Port is a blend of typical regional grapes bottled in October 2018 after up to three years in used wood. It comes in with 105 grams per liter of residual sugar and a bar-top cork. This comes in with fine solidity in the mid-palate, but not a feeling of precision or focus. That may be because this is smooth and round, although it is supported by underlying tannins. More importantly, it delivers the complexity that Charles Symington mentioned. The overall impression here is of a serious Reserve, clearly lacking the power of Vintage Port but having some useful echoes in other areas. It is very well priced too.

15.5

JancisRobinson.com

New owners (since 2010) Symingtons have been trying hard to beef up the quality of this leading brand of ruby port. Certainly the fruit smells attractively fresh with a fine assertive chewy end. This was my note in 2011. It is still dry - quite pleasingly peppery - on the end but much richer and more satisfying on the palate now. It's really pretty good for 12. GV

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

COUNTRY

Portugal

REGION

Port

VINTAGE

CASE FORMAT

6x75cl

AVAILABILITY

IMMEDIATE

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NV Cockburn’s, Special Reserve Port 6x75cl