Cockburn's - Porto Special Reserve (750ml)

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Producer	Cockburn's
Country	Portugal
Region	Porto
Varietal	Port Blend
Sku	10241
Size	750ml

Winery Notes: Cockburn's Special Reserve is the world's favourite Port and a fitting testament to the blending skills of our winemaker. First blended over 40 years ago it offered wine drinkers a new style of Port. Four-fifths of the blend is from youthful wines but the remainder is from more mature wines which give the wine roundness and a seductive, velvety feel. The overall effect is a vintage character Port, mellow and rounded on the palate with deep autumn fruit flavours. It is produced from grapes grown in the spectacular higher reaches of the Douro river in northern Portugal. The wine is ready to drink and gentle filtration at the winery ensures that decanting is not necessary. Special Reserve is in its element served with rich dark chocolate desserts, fruit tarts, berry or nutty puds, and complements most cheeses incredibly well.

Cockburn's Description

Cockburn's Special Reserve is the world's most popular premium port. Special Reserve is a medium dark ruby color, with a deep garnet edge. The blend has a clean aroma, showing maturity and finesse, with a hint of dried plums. Off dry to medium sweet, Special Reserve has a rich, mellow texture and smooth tannin structure, with a long, satisfying finish. The classic way to serve Special Reserve is with aged Stilton cheese after dinner. Or enjoy with roasted almonds or walnuts and squares of rich, dark chocolate for a simple but elegant dessert.

Wine Advocate: 88 Points

The NV Special Reserve Port was bottled in 2015 with 110 grams per liter of residual sugar after five years in well used oak vats. This lovely Special Reserve starts with a delicious rush of fruit. Lush and fruity with velvety texture, it has some bite and power, too, but the tannins fall off rather quickly. It's all about the sweet and friendly fruit. Aeration proves that it is not quite as rich and deep as it first appeared, but it is always chock full of flavor. I tried it again the next day. It remained a very appealing Reserve with fine fruit and flavor, plus enough structural support to be interesting. In the context of its category, it does everything very well in its sexy fashion and it is often on the street for under $15. It's a nice value for a lighter-styled, casual Port. It can certainly hold, barring cork failures, but it is designed to be approachable young, not aged. Note that I normally don't review NV releases without unique identifiers, but this NV bottling for Premium Port Wines, the USA importer, has a sticker referencing the 200th anniversary: 1815-2015.

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