Cockburn Vintage Port - 1983 (750ml) United States It is drinking perfectly now

It is drinking perfectly now and will continue to do so for many years

cedar and tobacco scents and slightly faded fruit

black currant and damp earth characteristics

The Cuvee des Alouettes is made from vines in Monts Luisants

and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Cockburn Vintage Port - 1983 (750ml) United States It is drinking perfectly nowThis house tends to produce quite full bodied, rich, alcoholic, spirited vintage ports that never have a great deal of complexity or finesse but offer meaty, chocolaty, spicy, full bodied, alcoholic flavors at the expense of elegance. The 1985 was placed in a tasting where I also inserted the 1983 Cockburn as a ringer. I was surprised to find out, upon revealing the wines, that the massive blockbuster of the tasting was the 1983, and the soft,