Vintage Port 1908
| Vintage | Rating | Broad-
bent | Suckling | Declared houses | Known brands | Comment |
|---|
| 1908 | Outstanding to Classic | 5 | 94 | 26 | 39 | |
| House | Cockburn | Vintage | 1908 |
| Colour | Wonderful mature yellow in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Elegant, complex aromas from pharmacy, old grocery shop and much more. | Score range | 16.00 - 17.90 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Elegant magnificent, complex port with a wonderful finish of mint and liquorice. It seems never to end!! | Average score | 16.95 |
| Last tasted | 12th November 2009 | Point this date | 17.90 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö.
This is maybe the greatest of all Cockburn together with 1927.
In 2009 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Ferreira | Vintage | 1908 |
| Colour | Beautiful tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Creme caramel, burned sugar, sweet liquorice, nutmeg, vanilla and candy in the nose | Score range | 16.40 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Balanced, very matured and even old but delicate to drink and enjoy. Creme caramel, burned sugar, nutmeg some liquorice and quite sweet in taste. Have a quite attractive and rather intensive finish but drink up. Will not at all be better. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2019 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Hooper | Vintage | 1908 |
| Colour | Mature tawny colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Nutty and pharmacy in the nose. Elegant. | Score range | 18.00 - 18.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Complex. Wonderful long finish. Extraordinary port indeed. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 3rd May 1986 | Point this date | 18.00 |
| Comment | At a tasting in a friend’s home in Copenhagen.
| Tasters | SAI |
| House | Quinta do Junco
Borges & Irmao | Vintage | 1908 |
| Colour | Tawny in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Quite shy in the nose with chocolate, burned sugar candy and some vanilla but also some pharmacy. | Score range | 15.50 - 15.50 |
| Taste | Hardly medium body but of course mature and quite old in taste with a hint of unbalanced acidity. Quite sweet and anyhow easy to drink and enjoy with a taste of burned sugar, candy and vanilla. The finish is rather short and a little unbalanced. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2019 | Point this date | 15.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Sandeman | Vintage | 1908 |
| Colour | Beautiful, mature amber in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Very complex nose of orange zest, rosemary, butterscotch, cacao, old hospital and crème caramel. | Score range | 19.25 - 19.25 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Mature of course and very tasty with rosemary, orange zest, crème caramel and lots of other things. Sweet but balanced and very complex with a marvellous and almost incredible finish. Thanks’ heaven for wonderful Port Wine | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 25th March 2016 | Point this date | 19.25 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |