SOUTHERN / AMERICAN / PACIFIC WINE & SPIRITS® Cockburn’s Vintage Port 2016 (Portugal) – [JS 99] [WS 96] [DC 96] [WE 95] [RP 93] – 6057904013471

The Cockburn family continued to run the company until well into the twentieth century. Other families though joined the extended family of Cockburn’s & Co during this time. The Wauchopes, the Smithes, the Teages and the Cobbs were amongst them. The Cockburn’s & Co family thus gradually swelled to include some of the finest winemakers and Port tasters that the trade has ever known.

96 Points – Wine Spectator Magazine:
“This is quite primal, with lush waves of plum, blackberry and açai berry reduction rolling through, pushed by warm licorice and Black Forest cake notes. A substantial bass line thumps on the finish, showing plenty of sparkly spice and incense details hitting the top range. Best from 2030 through 2050. 2,450 cases made. – JM (Dec 2018)

96 Points – Decanter Magazine:

93 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate:
“The 2016 Vintage Port, bottled in May 2018, is a blend of 62% Touriga Nacional, 21% Touriga Franca and small portions of Sousão and Alicante Bouschet. It comes in with 106 grams of residual sugar. Fairly intense and even tighter than Graham’s, this might be somewhat approachable in a few years, but it really needs to open up. It will require more time than the wines like Warre’s and Smith Woodhouse in the Symington stable. Beautifully wrought, this looks like an impressive Cockburn’s, more balanced and fresher than the stolid and jammy 2015 yet still with fine concentration to go with the freshness. There were 2,450 cases produced.” – Mark Squires (July 2018)