Served blind at this off-line at the Crusting Pipe, London, on 9th March 2010.
The ports:
Wines marked "*" were purchase on the night at TCP due to a world record consumption of 1 bottle each in less than 2 hours, which included dinner
1985 Croft
1985 Croft
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: 1985 Croft
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2443&p=33727#p33727]Here[/url] AHB wrote:Two bottles of Croft 1985 opened yesterday were full of VA. I took a sample bottle home and tried it again, 24 hours after opening. Still full of VA but underneath all that nail varnish is a tasty and powerful port. One to avoid if you don't like VA but a nice port if you don't mind VA (I'm in the latter camp).
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: 1985 Croft
Don't be absurd you jack@$$es, everyone knows there is absolutely NO VA problem with the 85 vintage!
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
Re: 1985 Croft
Hmm, am now a bit puzzled; does this mean you liked the Croft 1985 bts we had? And you feel that they did not have VA? or is this just again a kind of humor Germans do not understand
"Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough"
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Re: 1985 Croft
Correct.WS1 wrote:is this just again a kind of humor Germans do not understand
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: 1985 Croft
As soon as I saw "1985 Croft" I thought, "Wow, someone is brave."
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Re: 1985 Croft
The Crusting Pipe were extremely understanding and accepted both bottles we bought as returns, so they cost us nothing (but neither were we able to drink anything but a tiny sample).mosesbotbol wrote:As soon as I saw "1985 Croft" I thought, "Wow, someone is brave."
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