2003 Cockburn's Vintage Port

[Eric LeVine]

[*]2003 Cockburn Porto - Portugal, Douro, Porto
The nose is even more spirity than the first wine, somewhat off-putting, a hint of volatility and then a pleasing note of tar. My initial impression was one of a glyceral wine, thick in the mouth with a lot of weight and pretty good structure. However, the more I sat with it the wine seemed very hot, hot on the finish, hot in the middle, just hot, hot, hot. Perhaps it is youthfulyl disjointed, but it bugged me a bit despite the overall quality of the wine. (88 pts.)[/*:m]

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