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2003 Croft vintage
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:21 am
by Rune EG
Decanted 6.5 hrs. Deep dark red colour. Fresh aroma dominated by berries with a hint of some bitterness/herbs, later defined to be of a “pepperish” style. Touch of flowers/perfume in the aroma. Full body. Powerful with plenty berries, however with a bitter background. Relatively smooth. Tannins are well integrated. Medium to long aftertaste. If you do not mind the “pepperish” background then this vintage port would have been 4 pts higher. 88 pts.
Re: 2003 Croft vintage
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 1:28 pm
by Monique Heinemans.
Wow...:-(
I've had the 2005 a couple of times which I loved a lot. Hoped the 2003 would be even better ...
Re: 2003 Croft vintage
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:00 am
by Jasper A.
Surprised me to. This was one of the best vintage port i had this year.
Re: 2003 Croft vintage
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:49 am
by Rune EG
I have two more bottles of 2003 Croft vintage.
Will try one of them fairly soon and report.
Re: 2003 Croft vintage
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:31 pm
by Andy Velebil
I too have had this a number of times in the past and think it's one of the best Crofts in a long time.
It is at that age where it could be closed up and not showing so well right now????
Re: 2003 Croft vintage
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:37 pm
by Thomas V
I just bought 2 of them and stashed them away.
Will look forward to tasting it myself down the line.