2017 Quinta do Crasto
- Alex Bridgeman
- Graham’s 1948
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- Location: Berkshire, UK
2017 Quinta do Crasto
Purple shade to the red colour of this wine with a narrow rim. Big nose of esteva and lavender. Thick texture and dense entry full of rich floral fruit and chewy, slightly green tannins. A little over-extracted perhaps with a hint of bitterness showing in the fruit and some unintegrated spirit emerging. Chewy aftertaste and a finish of good length, of bitter black chocolate and dried sour cherry. This is an old-fashioned Port which will take a couple of decades to come round and show well. 87/100. Tasted 10-Apr-21.
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