1991 Croft

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jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
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1991 Croft

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PhilW
Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
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Re: 1991 Croft

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Horrible smell - blackberries smelling more like rotting cabbages. Taste similar. Others liked(?) and felt was potential future stunner; my worst of the night for current drinking (to the extent I gave my glass away). Bad.
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dalilacene
Cheap Ruby
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Re: 1991 Croft

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ruby red with dark centre.
to begin many blackberries.
big tannins,concentrated,pulpy,to many acidity.
no balance,long finish.
+12h cherries,blackberries,and little dark chocolade.
so young.
+24h nose better and better,blackberries,blackcurrants,licorice,no balance,big tannins and more alcoholic.long alcoholic finish.
simply too young.
Ps;sorry for bad english
color here;http://www.winelegends.net/43001.html
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Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
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Re: 1991 Croft

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90% opaque; deep red in colour, solid rim. Blackcurrants on the nose, subdued but distinct. Restrained entry, dry tannins showing strongly, subdued mid-palate fruit. Big and mouthfilling presence. Hot aftertaste, preceding a big dry-blackcurrant finish of good length. Restrained - perhaps a little closed - but with lots of potential. 90/100.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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DRT
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Re: 1991 Croft

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Very dark. Dull nose. Big in the mouth with quite sharp citrus flavours in the entry. A tannic monster that is still asleep.

This was the "biggest" wine on the table by quite a stretch.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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