Decant: 5 hours - I tasted a Cockburn's 83 for the first time last week at a tasting that I organised for some work colleagues. Sadly, the wine was TCA tainted. Not badly enough to destroy the wine but certainly enough to reduce my enjoyment. My note reads:
Decanted for 5 hours. Pale colour, thinning and browning at rim. Hot alcohol on the nose with a musty taint. Is this wine corked? Smooth entry into the mouth bringing sweet fruit. Fruit builds up in the mid-palate with molasses and slightly too much peppery alcohol. Still tannic. Musty. Clearly slightly corked. Long aftertaste of chocolate and coffee and herbs. 87 points
TN: 1983 Cockburn Vintage Port
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