Winemaker Notes
This is a barrel-aged tawny port sourced from the finest casks usually destined to produce Cockburn's 20-year-old tawny ports. Also aged in the Douro for longer than other tawny ports, it is brought down from their vineyards just before the full heat of the summer, and is blended to be expressive, vibrant, and unexpected. Bottled young to preserve a balance between complexity and fruit.
A lively and fine-textured port with generous aromas of honey, caramel and hint of vanilla. Subtle flavors of red fruit and walnuts make this an elegant wine with plenty to give.
Boasting complex fruit flavors and a lovely smooth finish with notes of honey, caramel and vanilla, Tawny Eyes lends itself to experimentation. Loaded with character, Cockburn's has chosen the Tawny & Ginger as their go-to, but don't just embrace the unexpected, make it.
Port is a sweet, fortified wine with numerous styles: Ruby, Tawny, Vintage, Late Bottled Vintage (LBV), White, Colheita, and a few unusual others. It is blended from from the most important red grapes of the Douro Valley, based primarily on Touriga Nacional with over 80 other varieties approved for use. Most Ports are best served slightly chilled at around 55-65°F. To learn more, see our full Port Wine Guide
The home of Port—perhaps the most internationally acclaimed beverage—the Douro region of Portugal is one of the world’s oldest delimited wine regions, established in 1756. The vineyards of the Douro, set on the slopes surrounding the Douro River (known as the Duero in Spain), are incredibly steep, necessitating the use of terracing and thus, manual vineyard management as well as harvesting. The Douro's best sites, rare outcroppings of Cambrian schist, are reserved for vineyards that yield high quality Port.
While more than 100 indigenous varieties are approved for wine production in the Douro, there are five primary grapes that make up most Port and the region's excellent, though less known, red table wines. Touriga Nacional is the finest of these, prized for its deep color, tannins and floral aromatics. Tinta Roriz (Spain's Tempranillo) adds bright acidity and red fruit flavors. Touriga Franca shows great persistence of fruit and Tinta Barroca helps round out the blend with its supple texture. Tinta Cão, a fine but low-yielding variety, is now rarely planted but still highly valued for its ability to produce excellent, complex wines.
White wines, generally crisp, mineral-driven blends of Arinto, Viosinho, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina and an assortment of other rare but local varieties, are produced in small quantities but worth noting.
With hot summers and cool, wet winters, the Duoro has a maritime climate.