NV Croft Vintage Character

[jdaw1]

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• Croft Vintage Character;
• 1952 Burmester Colheita;
• Mundy’s Investiture Port (from AHB);
• Mundy’s Investiture Port (from BMHR);
• 1967 Martinez;
• 1970 Warre;
• 1977 Gould Campbell;
• 1983 Factory House Blend;
• 1991 Quinta de la Rosa;
• 2005 Noval LBV;
• 2005 Quinta do Noval single vineyard LBV;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

Cr V.C., bottled 1953: bizarre pink, slightly cloudy, 10% opaque. Nosing of candy, and very high-toned VA. Taste for me started with huge toothpaste (colgate?), then weird minty candy length.

My guess, not specific but accurate, was a very old non-VP.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Bottled in 1953 to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Very pale, light orange in colour and giving off an amazing smell of brown banannas when being decanted. 5% opaque. Gentle on the nose, nothing more than a bit of soft lime. Soft, sweet orange fruit on the attack, with the mid-palate hinting at being sweet but actually being quite dry. Bitter-sweet fresh orange zest, with a touhc of brown sugar. Delicious aftertaste and surprisingly long and powerful finish. Old and faded, but still drinkable. 82/100.