1927 Croft

[Alex Bridgeman]

A mid-shoulder bottle with the cork showing signs of weevil damage. Orange sienna colour, 40% opaque. Strongly oxidised on the nose showing lots of antiseptic and rosemary. Neutral entry showing no fruit, but a touch of jelly but so oxidised that it tasted like a quinado. So dry on the palate with no fruit, just pine sawdust and quinine. The dry quinine flavour cust through the aftertaste and dominates the long, bitter quinine finish. Not a good bottle at all. There was some discussion as to whether the flavour was as a result of exposure to air or was a taint due to the weevil infestation. NR. Decanted 3½ hours. Drunk 28 September 2017.

[flash_uk]

30% opacity, mature red, amber rim. Smokey bacon nose! Weevils have been at this one apparently.

[jdaw1]

Cr27. Red, 40% opaque. Deeply dry; lots of meat.


Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Cockburn 1967 (JDAW);
• Burmester 1955 colheita bottled 1979 (THRA);
• Graham 1970 (BMHR);
• Croft 1927 (AHB);
• Croft 1955 (Corney & Barrow) (CPR);
• Taylor 1977 (RLC);
• Cockburn 1963 (MPM);
• Vesuvio 1992 (IDJ);
• Organisation thread.