First of three bottles purchased from Harvey Nichols sale in January 2023.
Decanted at 1830 on evening before 1994 Horizontal on 26/3/24; in decanter for two hours; rebottled and Vac-U-Vined.
Cork maybe 40% saturated. Lots of fine sediment.
QA sample good.
1994 Croft
Re: 1994 Croft
On Tuesday 26th March 2024, at The Boot & flogger, we tasted 1994s.
Re: 1994 Croft
Cr94: dark dark red, 80% opaque. Lovely dark fruits, but slightly simple, and slightly hollow. As with many bottles this evening, could be drunk with pleasure, but not of the greats.
Re: 1994 Croft
70% opaque, ruby but possibly starting to show some brown at the rim. Still some decent dark fruit on the nose. More primary fruit on palate. Very pleasant - 5/7.
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Re: 1994 Croft
Decanted at 18.30, returned to the bottle at 20.30 and vacu-vined. Allowed to stand in the glass for 30 minutes before tasting.
Slightly cloudy, dark red in colour with a black tone to red. Fresh bramble fruit on the nose. On the palate the fruit is sweet and a little jammy but the palate has good acidity and a gentle grip. Great persistence on the finish. The wine is attractive, youthful and full of vigour. 90/100.
Slightly cloudy, dark red in colour with a black tone to red. Fresh bramble fruit on the nose. On the palate the fruit is sweet and a little jammy but the palate has good acidity and a gentle grip. Great persistence on the finish. The wine is attractive, youthful and full of vigour. 90/100.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.