2002 Croft LBV
Posted: 16:11 Fri 02 Nov 2007
Unfiltered.
As discovered by Derek at Sainsbury's for the princely sum of £6.49. With 5% off for six this came to £37, which cannot be a bad idea.
Decanted into an old crystal decanter and there was no sediment. Not particularly surprising considering that it was probably bottled the week before last. Very dark ruby colour but not black, nice cherry rim. Medium vicosity with slow, long, spindly legs (Peter Crouch, anyone?)
Nice plum and cherry aromas as it was being decanted but these are less obvious in the glass with a cough syrup note coming through.
In the mouth there is a good lump of cherry with that cough syrup note in there as well. Medium bodied, sweet but still tannic with a dry finish. Cough syrup is still lingering half a minute later.
Nice combination but youthful and will probably age reasonably well in the bottle. Don't know if it will reach the standards of Warre's, Noval, Niepoort etc, but after one sip straight from the bottle I'd say it was well worth £6.50.
More on this story later.
As discovered by Derek at Sainsbury's for the princely sum of £6.49. With 5% off for six this came to £37, which cannot be a bad idea.
Decanted into an old crystal decanter and there was no sediment. Not particularly surprising considering that it was probably bottled the week before last. Very dark ruby colour but not black, nice cherry rim. Medium vicosity with slow, long, spindly legs (Peter Crouch, anyone?)
Nice plum and cherry aromas as it was being decanted but these are less obvious in the glass with a cough syrup note coming through.
In the mouth there is a good lump of cherry with that cough syrup note in there as well. Medium bodied, sweet but still tannic with a dry finish. Cough syrup is still lingering half a minute later.
Nice combination but youthful and will probably age reasonably well in the bottle. Don't know if it will reach the standards of Warre's, Noval, Niepoort etc, but after one sip straight from the bottle I'd say it was well worth £6.50.
More on this story later.