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 | 3 |
| Bouquet | Elegant, complex aromas from different spring flowers and maybe some pharmacy, old grocery shop and much more. Lovely bouquet indeed. | Score range | 16.00 - 17.90 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Of course mature and with some old elegant acidity. Still balanced port with an elegance and complexity and wonderful finish of mint and liquorice. It seems never to end!! A magnificent Port indeed! | Average score | 17.05 |
| Last tasted | 12th March 2024 | Point this date | 17.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at home in 17th International Online Vintage Tasting with our German Port Friends from World of Port.
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 |