2000 Cockburn Porto Vintage, Portugal, Duoro, Wine Review

This is in a great place right now. Mature but still fresh with good fruit. Purple/ruby in color. The nose has chocolate, cherries, raisins and slight alcohol. On the palate, the chocolate covered cherries predominate but some raisin and a but underneath char. slight heat but just barely. Sweet but not a lot. Long finish. No hurry on this, it has a while but at a very pretty stage. Great on its own, it will work with cheese, or chocolate desserts.

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A-

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Vintage:

2000

Current Price:

$65.00USD

2000 Cockburn Porto Vintage, Portugal, Wine Review

Vintage:

2000

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Current Price:

$65.00USD

Decanted for three hours prior to serving. Deep garnet in color, clear and bright. The nose is nice with black cherries, black licorice, slight milk chocolate, raisins and a bit of alcohol. Full bodied. On the palate, this has some sweetness. Flavors of black cherries with milk chocolate, char and some alcohol especially on the finish. Tasty. This is nice on its own and worked well with blue cheese. Seems to be at peak now but should go another decade.

2000 Quinta do Vesuvio Porto Vintage, Portugal, Wine Review

Vintage:

2000

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Current Price:

$63.00USD

This is drinking younger than 24 years. Deep ruby in color, mostly clear and bright. The nose is very nice with chocolate covered cherries and raisins. Full bodied. Viscous. On the palate, this is showing some complexity. Good acidity. Sweet but not overtly. The chocolate covered cherries and raisins carries thru to the palate. Long finish. Tasty. This is nice on its own and would be nice with a chocolate dessert. Drink over the next ten to fifteen years.

2000 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage, Portugal, Oporto, Wine Review

Vintage:

2000

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$98.00USD

From a 375ml bottle. At age 20, even from a half bottle, this is drinking great. No hurry though, especially from a full sized bottle. Purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose is great with chocolate covered cherries and raisins. On the palate, this is sweet but not cloying. Slightly viscous. Lots of cherries cordial candy flavors. Some warmth if not heat. Deep and complex, it slowly unwinds in the glass. Long finish. Delicious on its own, this worked with blue cheese but chocolate is another fine choice. It will easily last another fifteen to twenty years if well stored.

1994 Cockburn Porto Vintage, Portugal, Douro, Wine Review

Vintage:

2018

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A-

Pop and pour, this may have benefited from a decant. From a 375ml. Purple in color. The nose has black cherries, some dust and a bit of chocolate. On the palate, the black cherries and chocolate carry thru. Nice texture. Finishes a bit hot but that was saved by serving it with vegan salted caramel pecan ice cream and a brownie. Over all this is very good if not at the top level of vintage ports.

1994 Graham Porto Vintage, Portugal, Wine Review

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1994

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$110.00USD

Graham's is one of the top Port houses and 1994 was an excellent vintage for them. Inky purple in color with some ruby swirls, opaque and bright. The nose has chocolate covered raisins with black raspberries and slight dusty notes. Full bodied. On the palate, black raspberries, milk chocolate, raisins and alcohol notes. Long finish with some alcohol showing. This is in a great place but not showing a lot of age. Complex. This should easily go another ten to twenty years. Great on its own, this will work well with chocolate desserts.

2000 Cockburn Porto Vintage, Portugal, Duoro, Wine Review

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