Croft and their Ruby Reserves

[John M.]

Was just looking at the Croft Website and they seem to have several Ruby Reserves (All are called "Finest Reserve"):

Distinction
Purple Velvet
Extravagance
Indulgence
Platinum

Yet there are few notes here. Interesting that they would market five Reserve Rubies when most other producers have one (Fonseca has a couple). Has anyone tried them all or know more about these?

http://www.croftport.com/en/catalogue/platinum/port/

..and lastly...Croft Triple Crown...seems like a regular ruby

[Eric Menchen]

Until this post I had only ever heard of the Distinction.

[John M.]

Same with me---only distinction---so why isn't Croft getting the word out. Wouldn't it be fun to buy a five pack, or add the Triple Crown for a six pack as a nice, prepackaged deal?

[Andy Velebil]

I'm guessing these are earmarked for different markets (countries). Hence, the different names for different markets. This happens a lot in the wine industry for the more basic stuff. Niepoort does this a lot with their lower end dry wines. But that is only a guess...