1960 Croft Vintage Port

[Andy Velebil]

I noticed this had started leaking a little so it was time to open it. The cork was fully saturated but I managed to get it out in one piece with a Durand corkscrew. Decanted 3 hours. The color on this one has turned more of a redish tawny. Cinnamon, baked brown sugar and Christmas cake nose. The palate isn't showing the a ton of complexity with mostly resolved tannins, rhubarb, baked cherries, and some mahogany which I didn't expect. A bit confected, which I assume is due to some extra air exposure from the failing cork. The finish however was quite long with cherries, menthol and a continuation of that mahogany. There was only a touch of spirit that showed up on the finish, though not out of the ordinary for such an old and delicate VP. This bottle was on the more delicate side, which I presume is due to the cork issue, as I've had others which didn't show so. None the less still a very enjoyable bottle.
89 Points

[Thomas V]

Reading the note before viewing your grade I for sure would have expected the points to be higher in the 91-93 range.

Sounds like a delicious bottle of mature VP.

[Moses Botbol]

Difficult vintage to find. Crazy how much '63 & '66 Croft is around but '60 Croft is a rare event.