1966 Croft

Tasting notes for individual Ports, with an index sorted by vintage and alphabetically.
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1966 Croft

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TN: Croft 1966

The Deeper Underground 1966 Horizontal, held at the Crusting Pipe, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8RD, on Monday 28 January 2008.

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Bought from the same source as the Delaforce
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"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Orange rim, pale centre, looking quite elderly. A touch of VA on the nose with dried figs and fresh cut apples and suet. Very sweet entry , lots of spearmint and secondary flavours. A thick texture that gets thicker when held in the mouth. Weak aftertase. Pleasant, but not great. Drink up. 1/1 or 86/100. Decanted 3½ hours and drunk on 28/1/08.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.

2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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I remember commenting that this didn't jump out at me as being a Croft. I can't remember why.

My TN says: "Browning. Smell of raw minced beef!! - Mid-weight - very smooth - mint - dry finish"

I rated this 11th out of 14. AHB had it at 12th.

Thanks to Simon Lisle for adding this to the line-up.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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This came in 7th subdued still good but overshadowed
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1966 Croft cork

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