Decant: 2½ hours - Part of the half bottle was put to one side and allowed to stand for a further 1½ hours to see whether there would be a further improvement in the wine - and there certainly was!
The colour was slightly darker than after 1 hour and the nose had further developed, with all the original scents and now an added coriander spiciness and baked apples that just soar from the glass. Lovely balanced entry, bringing sweet sugary raisins and restrained fruit. Just exquisite, full of flowery perfumes, mimosa and cherry juice. Wonderful! The aftertaste has now appeared. Gorgeous and long lasting with some delicate sweet kumquat flavours that glide on and on for a very respectable time.
An exquisite wine that is just wonderful for drinking now. 8/8. The bouquet of this wine stayed with me for a whole 24 hours and I could imagine that I was still smelling it on the plane on the way home the following evening - but I did keep putting my nose into the pint glass that had acted as our decanter as it was absolutely irresistable. 94 points
TN: 1947 Cockburn Vintage Port
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