1980 Croft Roeda

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
Forum rules
Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
Post Reply
User avatar
jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
Posts: 23613
Joined: 15:03 Thu 21 Jun 2007
Location: London
Contact:

1980 Croft Quinta da Roeda

Post by jdaw1 »

The Bunghole hosted us a second time within a week, this time for vertical of Croft, in the presence of Amanda of Mentzendorff. Links:
User avatar
jdaw1
Cockburn 1851
Posts: 23613
Joined: 15:03 Thu 21 Jun 2007
Location: London
Contact:

Re: 1980 Croft Quinta da Roeda

Post by jdaw1 »

CR80: red, 50% opaque. Initially unpleasantly cloying, but it softened with air. Alas I didn’t take a proper note of it in its better state.
User avatar
DRT
Fonseca 1966
Posts: 15779
Joined: 23:51 Wed 20 Jun 2007
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Contact:

Re: 1980 Croft Quinta da Roeda

Post by DRT »

Candy nose - very light colour and a very sweet, sugary entry, then bitter in the finish. I didn't like this.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
User avatar
Alex Bridgeman
Graham’s 1948
Posts: 14880
Joined: 13:41 Mon 25 Jun 2007
Location: Berkshire, UK

Re: 1980 Croft Quinta da Roeda

Post by Alex Bridgeman »

Light and modest red colour; 20% opaque. Unattractive nose, too vegetal and rotting compost. Alcoholic; very poor. Very sweet entry, little on the initial impact but very tasty mid-palate. Medium bodied. Hot aftertaste, burn on the back of the throat followed by a short, light aftertaste. 80/100.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Post Reply