Community Tasting Notes 11

• Motz wrote: 95 points

  February 19, 2024 - Tasted alongside the 2017.
  
  Gorgeous perfume of blue and purple fruits and berries, thick petal flowers, late summer potpourri, berry liqueurs, mint, sous bois, and complex earthiness. Minimal alcohol intrusiveness. Sophisticated, layered, intriguing.
  
  The wine tastes like it smells, in inflection changing waves. Harmonious at all phases. The elegance masks impressive structure. Deep and satisfying finish.
  
  All elements point to an optimal drinking window after 2040. No reason not to sample bottles now and there is an upside. Higher quality than the 2017. 95-96.

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• KJD45$ Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 23, 2023 - Of course deepest opaque black purple…
  Cassis blackberry nose..alcohol whiff…thick unctuous body and legs
  Deep blueberry, cassis, oak, but surprising acidic lift …
  Not sweet and cloying…
  Very nice port..

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• gornals wrote: 95 points

  April 17, 2023 - #3 Cata Amics Porreres - Port; 4/15/2023-4/17/2023: 🧐APPEARANCE🧐 -
  🌡️Intensity🌡️- Deep
  🔴Colour (Red)🔴 - Ruby
  
  👃🏼NOSE👃🏼 -
  🌡️Intensity🌡️ - Pronnounced
  🌺Floral🌺 - Rose
  🍓Red fruit🍓 - Redcurrant,Cherry,Strawberry,Cranberry
  ☘️Herbal☘️ - Mint
  🪵Oak🪵 - Vanilla,Clove
  🍇Fruit development (Red)🍇 - Fig,Prune,Dried fruit
  ⚱️Bottle age (Red)⚱️ - Forest floor,Earth
  
  👅PALATE👅 -
  🍬Sweetness🍬 - Sweet
  🧪Acidity🧪 - Medium (+)
  🧬Tannin🧬 - High
  🥴Alcohol🥴 - High
  🏋Body🏋 - Full
  🌡️Flavour intensity🌡️ - Pronnounced
  🏁Finish🏁 - Long
  
  🔚CONCLUSIONS🔜 -🗡EPIC🗡 - 4
  🇶 Quality 🇶 - Outstanding
  ✅Readiness✅ - Can drink now, but has potential of ageing. Actually a bit too young still.
  💯Personal score💯 - 95

• Ruddyone Likes this wine: 96 points

  March 25, 2022 - Good tannins. Not too sweet.

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• ShaneTierney Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 23, 2021 - Decanted 48 hours. Tasted blind alongside '17 Cockburn VP, '16 & '17 Dow VP, '16 & '17 Taylor's VP.
  Thicker and darker fruit than both Dow's, not as muscular as either Taylor's, and with a shorter finish.
  The 2016 Cockburn had more spice and earthiness, slightly less balanced fruit, slightly longer finish than the 2017 Cockburn.
  Excellent, but weaker than the competitors.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red - Fortified
• Producer Cockburn
• Varietal Port Blend
• Designation Vintage
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Portugal
• Region Douro
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Porto
• UPC Codes 094799120254, 5608309003859, 5608309004597

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• Pending Delivery 49 (6%)
• In Cellars 730 (88%)
• Consumed 52 (6%)

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