1994 Cockburn's Vintage Port
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1994 Cockburn's Vintage Port
The color on this was a little light for a '94. The nose was so tight I had a hard time coxing anything out of it. The palate was intially very gritty followed by some heat and lots of acidity. Coming on those heels was lots of dusty drying tannins. The fruit was firmly closed down and it took lots of swirly to get some to show. Revisiting this at the end of the flight was a good thing as it opened up a lot. But there was some oxidation that showed on it. This wasn't a perfect bottle but still showed great promise. Although I felt it in the 94-95 point range for a perfect bottle, as this was still darn good if you got past a little oxidation. But no offical score given. 10/08/08
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Re: 1994 Cockburn's Vintage Port
This could have been a contender. It should have been and now I have to go and open one, just to reassure myself after that one.
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Re: 1994 Cockburn's Vintage Port
Do let me know what you find. This is very reasonably priced in the UK -- about $28.Roy Hersh wrote:It should have been and now I have to go and open one, just to reassure myself after that one.
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Re: 1994 Cockburn's Vintage Port
I hope others have a better experience... I have a few of these and have little intention of opening them before the 20 year mark.
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Re: 1994 Cockburn's Vintage Port
Well?Roy Hersh wrote:This could have been a contender. It should have been and now I have to go and open one, just to reassure myself after that one.
Just picked up 5 magnums.
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Re: 1994 Cockburn's Vintage Port
Sorry Moses, haven't had another bottle since. So looks like you'll need to crack one of those mags and let us all know how it is.Moses Botbol wrote:Well?Roy Hersh wrote:This could have been a contender. It should have been and now I have to go and open one, just to reassure myself after that one.
Just picked up 5 magnums.
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Re: 1994 Cockburn's Vintage Port
Andy Velebil wrote:Sorry Moses, haven't had another bottle since. So looks like you'll need to crack one of those mags and let us all know how it is.Moses Botbol wrote:Well?Roy Hersh wrote:This could have been a contender. It should have been and now I have to go and open one, just to reassure myself after that one.
Just picked up 5 magnums.
Really in no rush to open the magnum’s, but would open one of the loose ’94 Cockburn I have somewhere.
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