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Tasting notes:

Note: on the evening, we opened what was expected to be a 1935 Cockburn and discovered it to be a 1950 Cockburn, hence two entries for 1950 Cockburn in the tasting notes.

• 1908 Cockburn (Magnum);
• 1912 Cockburn;
• 1920 Cockburn Crusted;
• 1924 Cockburn;
• 1927 Cockburn;
• 1947 Cockburn;
• 1950 Cockburn;
• 1950 Cockburn;
• 1955 Cockburn;
• 1960 Cockburn;
• 1963 Cockburn;
• 1967 Cockburn;
• 1970 Cockburn;
• 1975 Cockburn;
• 1977 Cockburn (original);
• 1977 Cockburn (recorked);

Original cork (last on the tasting sheet). 30% opacity mature red. Red fruits. Complex on the palate, red fruits. Full and concentrated.

A bottle released from the Cockburn cellar in 2007, prior to the late release by SFE. More red in colour than the recorked bottle, around 40% opaque. Showing a little fruit on the nose, fresh and attractive. The fruit flows nicely onto the palate with fresh flavours carrying generous amounts of raspberry and cranberry fruit. A lovely long finish of cranberry jelly, very long, very delicate and very lovely. 89/100.