2004 Croft LBV
Posted: 00:03 Thu 05 May 2016
One of my pleasures on this forum is to disagree, however this is one occasion I will be denied this.
Alex, who was kind enough to send me this bottle has been attempting to persuade me of the wisdom of keeping LBV port for a few, or indeed many years. I have nodded and smiled with no real enthusiasm but this bottle is a powerful argument in support of his view.
The colour is dark, no surprises there it is young, packed to the rim with plenty of sludge to be decanted. The nose is muted with a little of the warm rubber bands (alcohol?), some fruit and a bit of mint. The initial fruit is of blackberries with a bit of a hole in the middle of the palate which thankfully fills out on the second evening. A good layer of fat in this too, I would use the word oleaginous, but it is fat rather than oil. There is some tabacco on the nose later. A good length, proper fruit, some development, this is very moreish.
A very acceptable port, one that will come to no harm for another decade, even in the half bottle format. I will give it a slightly niggardly 88 points, although I could easily be swayed into giving it one or two more. With thanks to the wisdom of the sage.
Alex, who was kind enough to send me this bottle has been attempting to persuade me of the wisdom of keeping LBV port for a few, or indeed many years. I have nodded and smiled with no real enthusiasm but this bottle is a powerful argument in support of his view.
The colour is dark, no surprises there it is young, packed to the rim with plenty of sludge to be decanted. The nose is muted with a little of the warm rubber bands (alcohol?), some fruit and a bit of mint. The initial fruit is of blackberries with a bit of a hole in the middle of the palate which thankfully fills out on the second evening. A good layer of fat in this too, I would use the word oleaginous, but it is fat rather than oil. There is some tabacco on the nose later. A good length, proper fruit, some development, this is very moreish.
A very acceptable port, one that will come to no harm for another decade, even in the half bottle format. I will give it a slightly niggardly 88 points, although I could easily be swayed into giving it one or two more. With thanks to the wisdom of the sage.