CROFT
2011
| Origin | Portugal, Port |
| District | Vintage Port |
| ABV | 20% |
Sweet rich dark fruit on nose gives velvet-soft impression. Palate has good richness and a nice bright edge to the flavour. A little looser-textured with the backbone showing through very slightly on the end, but the finish drives quite well on the velvet tannins and soft black fruit. Rating: 92 L&S (May 2013)
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Bright medium ruby. Slightly reduced, spirity aromas of kirsch, blackberry, boysenberry, licorice pastille and mint, plus a suggestion of nutty oak. Densely packed and quite sweet, but the slightly disjointed black fruit flavors are tough going today; this struck me as more like a ruby port. Quite closed and tannic on the back end, in need of patience to display its personality. Many other critics rated this wine considerably higher than I did. Rating: 90 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (May 2014)
The nose has the freshness and leanness of red fruits quite aromatic with hints of violets. The palate has the same freshness at the start but fills out with more of a black fruit mix backed by aromatic spices and pine needles. The black fruits that show on the finish give it depth and richness of flavour. 2030-50 Rating: 90 Derek Smedley MW, www.dereksmedleymw.co.uk (Dec 2013)
Effusively juicy, rich and concentrated, showing plenty of snap to the crisp and well-spiced flavors of wild berry, dark currant and plum tart. Orange-infused chocolate notes linger on the exotic, mocha-filled finish. Best from 2020 through 2045. Rating: 97 The Wine Spectator, www.winespectator.com (Sept 2013)
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