1967 Croft Roeda

[jdaw1]

Tony Carter arranged, and donated some of the bottles for, a splendid horizontal of 1967s at The Boot & Flogger. When the arranging started, Thursday 8th June 2017 seemed like an ordinary Thursday, but it became an election night.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1967 Quinta do Noval Nacional;
• 1967 Quinta do Noval;
• 1967 Butler Nephew;
• 1967 Dow;
• 1967 Cockburn;
• 1967 Martinez;
• 1967 Sandeman;
• 1967 Messias Quinta do Cachão;
• 1967 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas, BBR bottled in 1969;
• 1967 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas, Oporto bottled in 1970;
• 1967 Taylor crusted (1967 being bottling date);
• 1967 Fonseca Guimaraens;
• 1967 Krohn;
• 1967 Croft Quinta da Roêda;
• 1967 Messias Quinta do Cachão colheita;
• 1967 Kopke colheita;
• 1967 Taylor colheita;
• 1967 Barros colheita;
• Review of the post-tasting election Port;
• The placemats;
• Planing and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

CrR67. glorious red, 50% opaque. Palate of sweet red fruit, including maraschino cherry. The least developed Port, the ‘youngest’, at the table. It and Noval the only two with any chance of improvement.

[Caparica]

CrR67
Eye: ruby red, bit cloudy
Nose: elengant and complex nose, no alcohol
Mouth: mediumfull body, lots of fruit, medium dry tannins, medium finish
Score: 91+ ... Liked

[flash_uk]

40% opacity, red, rich colour. Smooth entry, mild heat late palate. Red fruits - cranberries. Good freshness. I liked this.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Mid red, light and quite orange in tone; 30% opaque. Subdued nose with candied lemons, of all things! Burnt brown sugar creates a touch of harshness in the sweet barley-sugar mix. The aftertaste is sweet and pleasant and leads to a brown sugar finish. Enjoyable, but not up to the standard of some of the other ports on show this evening. 85/100. Decanted 6½ hours.