1985 Croft

[DRT]

Served blind at this off-line at the Crusting Pipe, London, on 9th March 2010.

The ports:

• Croft 1982
• Croft 2000
• Croft 1985 x2*
• Niepoort 2003
• Taylor 1980*
• Taylor Quinta da Terra Feita 1986
• Warre 1970
• Warre 1977
• Warre 1983

Wines marked "*" were purchase on the night at TCP due to a world record consumption of 1 bottle each in less than 2 hours, which included dinner

[DRT]

Two bottles of Croft 1985 opened yesterday were full of VA. I took a sample bottle home and tried it again, 24 hours after opening. Still full of VA but underneath all that nail varnish is a tasty and powerful port. One to avoid if you don't like VA but a nice port if you don't mind VA (I'm in the latter camp).

[Chris Doty]

Don't be absurd you jack@$$es, everyone knows there is absolutely NO VA problem with the 85 vintage!

Nothing to see here.

[WS1]

Hmm, am now a bit puzzled; does this mean you liked the Croft 1985 bts we had? And you feel that they did not have VA? or is this just again a kind of humor Germans do not understand

[DRT]

is this just again a kind of humor Germans do not understand

Correct.

[mosesbotbol]

As soon as I saw "1985 Croft" I thought, "Wow, someone is brave."

[Alex Bridgeman]

As soon as I saw "1985 Croft" I thought, "Wow, someone is brave."

The Crusting Pipe were extremely understanding and accepted both bottles we bought as returns, so they cost us nothing (but neither were we able to drink anything but a tiny sample).