1970 Croft

[Alex Bridgeman]

Decanted at 12.00, drunk at 20.00. Deep red, mature in tone; 50% opaque. The nose is a little smelly, unpleasant bottle stink. The wine is better on the palate where the bottle stink is less pronounced, but despite being less pronounced the bottle stink dominates the red cherry fudge palate. The bottle is not as good as it should be, but is drinkable. 85/100. Drunk at the first Port Forum Awards dinner on 07-Feb-23. Decanted 8 hours.

[jdaw1]

I suggest we have The Port Forum awards ceremony!

And so we did, on Tuesday 7th February 2023, at the Boot & flogger, with live broadcast on the BBC, ITV, NBC, Fox, Disney, and YouTube.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1960 Burmester;
• 1970 Croft;
• 1970 Delaforce;
• 1963 Fonseca;
• 1960 Graham;
• 1985 Martinez;
• 1970 Noval;
• 1970 Rebello Valente;
• 1970 Smith Woodhouse;
• 1966 Warre;
• 1970 Warre;
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

Cr70, decanted noon. Red, 35% opaque. Nose sticky. palate: “yuck”.

[flash_uk]

40% opacity, cloudy red-brown. Odd nose - iron metallic. no further note.