NV Cockburn's Special Reserve Port

[Andy Velebil]

After a bad bottle earlier, I decided to try a tawny I have never had before. Cockburn's Special Reserve porto.

I opened this last night, recorked, and placed it in the refrigerator. Tasted today, 24 hours later. A very weak plum nose dominated by a medicinal like smell. The front of the palate is light-medium in texure, with almost no fruit present. The mid-palate and finish is simply a thin alcoholic mess. No balance or compexity at all. Just to be fair, I tried several glasses that ranged in temp from refrigerator cold to room temp.

I must say, this was probably one of the worst tawnys I've ever had and one I will not recommend to others. No score given.

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