Cockburn's 1908 is a legendary Vintage Port. PortDB models its drinking window as opening in 1926, remaining prime through 1975, and declining from 1998. That window starts with the balanced maturation style assigned to Cockburn's, then adjusts for the legendary vintage tier.
Drinking window
Opens 1926 · prime to 1975 · declining from 1998
For this bottle, the model opens the window 18 years after the vintage and gives it a 49-year prime phase before the mature tail. Decline is modelled 90 years after the harvest.
- Producer
- Cockburn's
- Vintage
- 1908
- Type
- Vintage Port
- Quality tier
- Style
- Balanced
- Prime window
- 1926–1975
What PortDB records
Storied pre-WWI Vintage, a benchmark of the house's structured style.
SourceThe Vintage Port Site / Broadbent: 1908 'the finest Cockburn produced last century'
The vintage tier is an editorial judgement based on critic consensus; the drinking window is PortDB’s model, not a measurement. Storage and bottle variation can move the practical window.
1908 in context
PortDB records 1 wine from 1908 and 1 house making a general declaration. This is the only 1908 wine currently recorded in PortDB.
Nearby Cockburn's vintages
The closest Cockburn's releases by vintage year show how its balanced style behaves across stronger and lighter years.