1970 Croft

[jdaw1]

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1960 Ferreira;
• 1970 Gould Campbell;
• 1967 Martinez;
• 1977 Dow;
• 1977 Graham;
• 1976 Graham Malvedos;
• 1970 Croft.

[JacobH]

Beautiful: elegant and well balanced. One of those wines that is hard to describe because it was simply the archetype of good mature vintage port. Perhaps it might even improve with a little more time, just to take off the final touches of immaturity.

[jdaw1]

Cr70: the second-darkest port on the table. Hot, very sweet, redcurrant. Rounded full and lovely. Almost mature. Very fine.

[Chris Doty]

My WOTN. I've learned in my tastings that a complete, round, resolved, and balanced port is fairly rare to my pallate. This had it all, and also showed signs it could continue to develop for 5+ years. Perhaps just a tad lacking in fruit and complexity, but in general I thought this was a very classy effort. Some heat throughout, but not harsh, just a bit forceful. 92 pts