When Allied Domecq was dismembered in 2005, Cockburn was handed round drinks conglomerates like a hot potato, first offered to Pernod Ricard then to Beam Global, a company best known for its bourbon. Beam’s knowledge of and interest in fortified wines was skeletal but it was convinced that the Harveys Bristol Cream and Cockburn’s Special Reserve brands were worth something. Accordingly, the offer of the Symington family, already responsible for Dow, Graham and Warre ports, to make the wines for them was welcomed. In 2006, the Symingtons took over all the vineyards and the lodges of Cockburn, and, in 2010, acquired the brands and all the remaining stock, including the precious old bottles we were about to try.
当2005年联合利昂集团瓦解时,考克伯恩便成为了一个抢手货,先是被法国保乐力加集团(Pernod Ricard)获得,后来又归入以波本威士忌(Bourbon)闻名的Beam全球葡萄酒与烈酒公司(Beam Global)麾下。Beam对波特酒的了解以及兴趣都寥寥,但却坚信Harveys Bristol Cream和考克伯恩特级珍藏的品牌是有价值的。同时,生产道斯(Dow)、格兰姆(Graham)还有Warre等波特酒的辛明顿家族来接手这个品牌也让Beam求之不得。2006年,辛明顿家族接管了考克伯恩所有的葡萄园以及产业,2010年,取得整个品牌以及所有的库存,包括我们即将要品尝的珍贵的古董级佳酿。
The acquisition boosted Symington’s proportion of total port production from 16 per cent to 20 per cent, grew their vineyard holdings to nearly 1,000ha and ensured that Cockburn did not fall into the hands of their arch-rivals, the Taylor Fladgate Partnership. But the problem was that, with only the disappointing vintage ports of recent vintages in general circulation, the Symingtons didn’t really have a clear idea of how Cockburn vintage port tasted in its heyday.
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