2004 Croft LBV Port

[Al B.]

Decant: 3 hours - Half bottle, bottled unfiltered (but cold stabilized) in 2009. Cherry dominated nose; cherry dominated fruit driven palate. On the light side of medium bodied but with a really nice balance with ripe acidity and soft, chalky tannins. The aftertaste is of good length and dominated by ripe, red cherries. Very tasty and in a lovely drinking window. 88/100. Drunk 27 December 2011 after 3 hours decanting. 88 points

[Andy Velebil]

Alex,

Do you recall what producer this was? I was cleaning up the database and it doesn't say which producer.

[Lamont Huxley]

Alex,

Do you recall what producer this was? I was cleaning up the database and it doesn't say which producer.

Could be interesting to leave it open for a while and let people guess... sort of a vicarious blind tasting.

Might be a cool idea for a recurring thread...

[Andy Velebil]

Alex,

Do you recall what producer this was? I was cleaning up the database and it doesn't say which producer.

Could be interesting to leave it open for a while and let people guess... sort of a vicarious blind tasting.

Might be a cool idea for a recurring thread...

Good idea...lets see it's unfiltered but cold stabalized. That gives a little hint. We know it's from 2004 so that helps, maybe. Anyone got a guess?

[Rob C.]

Plus from a .375ml bottle...i can certainly think of a good candidate!

[Andy Velebil]

What no guesses? come on people have at it

[Roy Hersh]

Yeah, I was wondering why Mr. B. left off the producer too. Likely just an oversight.

[dom carter]

OK i'll have a guess;

Quinta do Noval 2004

[Andy Velebil]

I was thinking a BOB from Mark and Spencers

[Roy Hersh]

Do they make Pink LBV yet?

[Andy Velebil]

Do they make Pink LBV yet?

Yes but Derek drank it all already

[Al B.]

I'd clearly been enjoying life a little too much when I posted this tasting note! I'll let things run a while before confirming who the producer is - but no-one has it right yet.

[Andy Velebil]

Croft?

[dom carter]

Another go - fuelled by what i presently drinking from 2007, for medicinal purposes as i have "early onset of Man-Flu" ("just a cold" to any girls out there!!), Niepoort

[Rob C.]

The half bottle is definitely the clue to use....

[John M.]

Niepoort or Noval

[Bob Parsons Alberta]

Quinta do Portal!

[Andy Velebil]

Alex,
What was this?

[Al B.]

It was Croft - one of the cellar defenders I mentioned in an earlier post on a different thread. I've changed the title of the thread to reflect the producer.

[Andy Velebil]

It was Croft - one of the cellar defenders I mentioned in an earlier post on a different thread. I've changed the title of the thread to reflect the producer.

Thanks