1977 Croft Vintage Port
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:10 am
Croft Vintage Port [1977]
A generous offering from Moses, this was the first time I had tried a 1977 VP and I was looking forward to it. He opened this bottle with Port Tongs - the first time I had ever seen these used and I was super-impressed to the point where I decided I had to get some!
The Port poured a bit cloudy, with a light pink colour turning towards orange. The nose was light and floral and contained some spirit which seemed to blow off a bit after an hour. Interestingly, there was a bit of citrus on the nose as well, which I have not detected on a VP before (usually tawnies.)
The palate showed noted of madarins and candied cherries. There was not a complex structure to this Port but it was very nice for a introduction to 30+ year old VP in a quantity far more than I have been experienced before.
After two hours this bottle was polished off and the impression we both had was the Croft 1977 was a light VP. Good, but not great. Certainly not a blockbuster. I may have been generous with my score of
91 pts
A generous offering from Moses, this was the first time I had tried a 1977 VP and I was looking forward to it. He opened this bottle with Port Tongs - the first time I had ever seen these used and I was super-impressed to the point where I decided I had to get some!
The Port poured a bit cloudy, with a light pink colour turning towards orange. The nose was light and floral and contained some spirit which seemed to blow off a bit after an hour. Interestingly, there was a bit of citrus on the nose as well, which I have not detected on a VP before (usually tawnies.)
The palate showed noted of madarins and candied cherries. There was not a complex structure to this Port but it was very nice for a introduction to 30+ year old VP in a quantity far more than I have been experienced before.
After two hours this bottle was polished off and the impression we both had was the Croft 1977 was a light VP. Good, but not great. Certainly not a blockbuster. I may have been generous with my score of
91 pts