Deep ruby colour with a good fruity nose. This was a full bodied port with loads of plummy fruit and a good tannic bite. Another five or so years in the bottle should soften the tannins to give an excellently classic vintage port.
Saturday, 22 October 2022
Croft Quinta da Roeda Vintage 2012
Croft Quinta da Roeda Vintage 2012
Deep ruby colour with a lightly fruity nose. This port was a classically full bodied and fruity wine with rich plummy fruit flavours overlaying a rich but soft and long lasting aftertaste.
Croft Vintage 2009
Croft Vintage 2009
Deep ruby colour with a rich and fruity nose. This port was soft but rich and fruity. Plummy fruit flavours were carried on a lasting depth.
Croft LBV 2016
Croft LBV 2016
Bright ruby colour with a strikingly fruity nose. This port was soft and fruity but sadly lacking in depth.
Croft 20 Year Old Tawny Bottled in 2021
Croft 20 Year Old Tawny Bottled in 2021
Clear amber colour with a hint of red. The nose was rich and woody. This was a rich and full bodied port with a long after taste. The sweetness was balanced with dry and complex oaky flavours.
Croft 10 Year Old Tawny Bottled in 2021
Croft 10 Year Old Tawny Bottled in 2021
Clear red colour with a touch of amber. Butterscotch and oak on the nose. This port had sweet burnt caramel flavours with a pleasant underlaying oakiness.
Sunday, 8 May 2022
Quinta dos Malvedos Vintage 1998
Quinta dos Malvedos Vintage 1998
The colour was a remarkably dark ruby while the nose was pleasantly fruity. Tasting revealed a harmoniously rich port combining lots of jammy fruit flavours with subtly spicy hints. The striking thing about this port was that it had good depth and quality without any one element being over predominant. Tanins were almost non detectable meaning that, whilst it was a full bodied vintage, it was also very approachable.
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