1912 Cockburn's VP offering in the UK

[Roy Hersh]

Received on Sat., If anyone is seriously interested in this bottling, please email me directly:

Cockburn's Vintage Port 1912. Regarded by their own cellarmaster as their greatest ever vintage. Corks are FULLY BRANDED "Cockburn 1912", wax seals are stamped with the name of one of their biggest English shippers. From an impeccably maintained old English cellar. One of the very greatest ports I have ever drunk, absolutely magnificent, I can personally guarantee the quality of these bottles. The port is a deep rose in colour, fully mature of course but no signs at all of decay or drying out, medium sweet, wonderful and complex in the mouth, absolutely delicious, with a very, very long and lingering aftertaste. These are really wonderfully well preserved examples of this legendary port. These bottles are in much better condition than the ones Broadbent seems to have tasted for his "Great Vintage Wine" book. I'm not normally someone who raves about the taste of vintage port, but the quality of this particular port is, in my opinion, really exceptional. When I was first offered them I bought just one bottle to open and taste, as soon as I had done so, I immediately went back and bought the rest of the case! Price is GBP £540 per bottle. 4 bottles of the original 12 still available, subject unsold.

[Derek T.]

I can personally guarantee the quality of these bottles.

That is a very bold statement for a 97 year old VP.

Roy, out of interest, do you read that statement to be a guarantee that what is inside will be a spectaculr example of this wine or am I reading too much into the words used? I accept that it is more likely to be an assurance of provenanance rather than a guarantee of quality but anyone who buys these should know what the statement actually means.

Derek

[Roy Hersh]

Honestly, I am not sure either. I know it is a very reputable old school firm. I believe it would be speaking to the provenance and trying to read between the lines ... but this is not with any real certainty, I take it to mean they also KNOW the cellar and seller from where these bottles came to be offered. That is my take on it.

[Derek T.]

Honestly, I am not sure either. I know it is a very reputable old school firm. I believe it would be speaking to the provenance and trying to read between the lines ... but this is not with any real certainty, I take it to mean they also KNOW the cellar and seller from where these bottles came to be offered. That is my take on it.

In which case, if anyone here is interested in buying any of these please ask the seller to clarify that statement. It is not in either your or the sleeres interest to have any misunderstanding on this. You don't want to find you don't have a guarantee that you thought you had and he doesn't want to find he has given a guarantee that he did not intend to.