1991 Croft

[jdaw1]

In The Bung Hole, on Wednesday 6th June 2012, we said farewell to everybody’s favourite French-Armenian waitress.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1958 Warre;
• 1967 Cockburn;
• 1967 Sandeman;
• 1970 Taylor;
• 1985 Taylor (Magnum);
• 1985 Martinez;
• 1991 Croft;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Deep red, dark in colour and opaque. Beautiful fresh nose full of blackcurrants. Hollow entry, initially amazingly light but then hidden fruit starts to appear and develops well to give a really good mouthfull of fruit. Delightful afteraste dominated by theblackcurrants and with a generous length. Very closed initially on the palate. One to tuck away for a few years as this is a little closed. 84/100. 11½ hour decant.

[jdaw1]

Cr91, brought by DRT on behalf of AS, and decanted at 8am. Red-purple, 90% opaque. Nose had leather and plum. Mid-weight, nicely balanced, plums, sweetness, heat late. Not monstrously big, but in five years will be wonderful drinking.