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2016 Cockburn's - 6x75cl
21B6COCK6PK _ 2016 - Cockburn's - 6x75cl
  • Colour Port_Sweet
  • Producer Cockburn
  • Region Port
  • Grape Touriga Nacional / Tinta Roriz / Tinta Barroca
  • Drinking 2032 - 2055
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2016 - Cockburn's - 6x75cl

  • Colour Port Sweet
  • Producer Cockburn
  • Region Port
  • Grape Touriga Nacional / Tinta Roriz / Tinta Barroca
  • Drinking 2032 - 2055
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £270.78 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £45.13 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £200.00 In Bond
Please note: This wine is available for immediate delivery.
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  • Goedhuis, May 2018, Score: 93-95

    A deep youthful ruby port colour. Full of fresh wild fruit berries, with hints of damson. A very aromatic style, with lovely pure red fruit flavours. The characteristic sweet luscious style is given a feeling of lift and brightness by the drive of schistous minerality on the end. This is a vintage port with real personality and a lovely firm grippy finish. Cockburn’s at its best.

  • Goedhuis, May 2018, Score: 93-95

    A deep youthful ruby port colour. Full of fresh wild fruit berries, with hints of damson. A very aromatic style, with lovely pure red fruit flavours. The characteristic sweet luscious style is given a feeling of lift and brightness by the drive of schistous minerality on the end. This is a vintage port with real personality and a lovely firm grippy finish. Cockburn’s at its best.

  • Neal Martin, June 2018, Score: 95

    The 2016 Cockburn’s, which comes mainly from the Bico de Pato vineyard, is deep in colour, perhaps more so than other vintages of this Port encountered during previous declaration tastings. The nose is tight at first, almost Bordeaux-like with blackberry, raspberry coulis, touches of inkwell and cassis. There is admirable purity here. The palate is beautifully balanced with supple tannin, a wonderful line of acidity and immense harmony. There is presence but not weight, a silky smooth finish with hints of raisin and fig that linger tenderly in the mouth. What a marvellous Cockburn’s! Production is 2,450 cases.

  • James Suckling, May 2018, Score: 99

    This shows fantastic graphite and dark-berry character with black-stone undertones and hints of dried roses. Full-bodied and very tight and precise. Good kick in the end. Love the polished tannins, which are totally folded into the wine. Reminds me of the 1947 Cockburn. Try in 2024.

  • Matthew Jukes, May 2018, Score: 18.5

    A delicious and lip-smacking Cockburn’s, this is a floral, perfumed and toned Port with bright tannins and layered fruit. It is fit, tidy and neatly packaged and it has enough energy and richness to last the long haul. Impressive from Cockburn’s this is set to be one of the finest wines from this House in recent releases.

Producer

Cockburn

Region

Port

Port is made in the Cima Corgo, Baixo Corgo and Douro Superior districts of the Douro Valley in the north of Portugal. The summers are hot and dry and the climate becomes more continental as you move further east towards the upper Douro Valley. Here temperatures often exceed 40 degrees. The Douro Valley has steep hillsides with terraces, which is not only aesthetically pleasing but is also extremely useful for making quality wine. The schist soils aid in drainage and have become very important to port production, so much so that much of the Douro table wines have been relegated to granite soils. The six main grape varieties used for port production are Touriga Nacional, Tinta Cão, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Tinta Barroca, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Amarela. There are another 42 grape varieties that are permitted but these six are considered to be the noblest ones, each adding something different to the blend. After the harvest the grapes are trodden, often by foot but more often by machines, in giant lagars (troughs). Port is a fortified wine so during fermentation ‘brandy' (not actually brandy but a grape-distilled spirit) is added to increase thealcoholic strength to around 17-19 % abv. This leaves a sweet, red fortified wine with lots of vibrant fruit. There are many different types of Port from the Basic Ruby Ports, through to Tawny Ports and LBVs, to probably the most famous of all Vintage Port that can take 20 years to reach its peak. When mature, Vintage Port is a unique tasting experience with warm, concentrated spicy-fruit flavours and a superb length that just goes on and on.

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