1980 Croft Roeda
Posted: 01:03 Mon 10 Nov 2014
Quite a lot of this has found it's way to auction over the last couple of years, some in owc and some bin-soiled. Although both variants have appeared at the same sale, the absence of consecutive lot numbers makes me suspect more than one source.
I bought some on the spur of the moment, enticed by low prices, but on checking realised that past experience and reportage did not bode well. Were people dumping a duff wine? Did I need to cut my losses and offload?
I finally got round to opening a bottle today (from a bin-soiled lot) and can report that whilst it is not a stellar wine, it is not too shabby either.
Slight fogging in the glass, opacity low, but not bad; still tannic and not fully mature, yet very drinkable.
Improved noticeably post decant, but nice enough not to see a second day..
A decent affordable player with a couple of decades life left. 3-4
I bought some on the spur of the moment, enticed by low prices, but on checking realised that past experience and reportage did not bode well. Were people dumping a duff wine? Did I need to cut my losses and offload?
I finally got round to opening a bottle today (from a bin-soiled lot) and can report that whilst it is not a stellar wine, it is not too shabby either.
Slight fogging in the glass, opacity low, but not bad; still tannic and not fully mature, yet very drinkable.
Improved noticeably post decant, but nice enough not to see a second day..
A decent affordable player with a couple of decades life left. 3-4