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1955 Croft
Posted: 21:00 Wed 04 Oct 2017
by Alex Bridgeman
Mature, brick red colour wih a pale rim, 30% opaque. Gentle sous bois nose, with soft wild strawberry. Lovely entry, slightly woody but with sweet fruits of the forest adding a pleasant complexity. Balanced and well structured but starting to dry out. A nice profile on the aftertaste with nutty dried fruit that leads to a delicious big finish, long lasting and with a chewy texture. Overall this is a port which is starting to dry out but which is very drinkable. Served blind this was guessed to be Quinta do Noval 1958. (The bottle was mid-shoulder fill.). 88/100. Decanted 5 hours. Drunk
28 September 2017.
Re: 1955 Croft
Posted: 14:19 Wed 18 Oct 2017
by gerwin.degraaf
AHB wrote: ↑21:00 Wed 04 Oct 2017
Mature, brick red colour wih a pale rim, 30% opaque. Gentle sous bois nose, with soft wild strawberry. Lovely entry, slightly woody but with sweet fruits of the forest adding a pleasant complexity. Balanced and well structured but starting to dry out. A nice profile on the aftertaste with nutty dried fruit that leads to a delicious big finish, long lasting and with a chewy texture. Overall this is a port which is starting to dry out but which is very drinkable. Served blind this was guessed to be Quinta do Noval 1958. (The bottle was mid-shoulder fill.). 88/100. Decanted 5 hours. Drunk
28 September 2017.
I have 1 bottle left of this particular VP (of 2). Mine is possibly a Dutch bottling (neck label says Walraven Sax - Hilversum), and has a good fill level (1 cm in neck).
Do you think this will keep untill 2025 (I had planned to drink it during this year of it's 70th birthday), or should I open it a little earlier, say in 2020?
Re: 1955 Croft
Posted: 03:35 Thu 19 Oct 2017
by Andy Velebil
I'm not AHB, he may or may not differ, in my experiences a good bottle of it should hold until 2025 with ease.
Re: 1955 Croft
Posted: 15:53 Thu 19 Oct 2017
by Glenn E.
In my relatively limited experience, 1955 VPs range from currently at peak/on a plateau to already fading. I don't recall having tasted one that I thought was still going to improve with further aging.
Most of the ones on a plateau - which as I recall included the Croft - should hold until 2025. Some may have started a gentle fade by then, but I very much doubt that any will have fallen off a cliff. So I think you should be safe saving your bottle until its 70th birthday.
Re: 1955 Croft
Posted: 21:10 Thu 19 Oct 2017
by gerwin.degraaf
Andy, Glenn,
Thanks for your reactions.
Given the good level of my remaining bottle, I will keep it untill its 70th birthday in 2025
Re: 1955 Croft
Posted: 11:44 Mon 23 Oct 2017
by flash_uk
30% opacity, brown-amber, cloudy with some sediment. Sweet nose, candy and strawberry. Syrupy, some spiciness, dried fruits, oranges, dryness, long aftertaste. Guessed to be Cr60. It was the oranges wot gave it away...
Re: 1955 Croft
Posted: 15:54 Tue 13 Aug 2019
by jdaw1
Cr55. Red-brown, 40% opaque. Dry and sure.
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