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2004 Croft LBV Port
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:11 pm
by Al B.
Decant: 3 hours - Half bottle, bottled unfiltered (but cold stabilized) in 2009. Cherry dominated nose; cherry dominated fruit driven palate. On the light side of medium bodied but with a really nice balance with ripe acidity and soft, chalky tannins. The aftertaste is of good length and dominated by ripe, red cherries. Very tasty and in a lovely drinking window. 88/100. Drunk 27 December 2011 after 3 hours decanting. 88 points
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:24 pm
by Andy Velebil
Alex,
Do you recall what producer this was? I was cleaning up the database and it doesn't say which producer.
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:31 pm
by Lamont Huxley
Andy Velebil wrote:Alex,
Do you recall what producer this was? I was cleaning up the database and it doesn't say which producer.
Could be interesting to leave it open for a while and let people guess... sort of a vicarious blind tasting.
Might be a cool idea for a recurring thread...
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Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:54 am
by Andy Velebil
Lamont Huxley wrote:Andy Velebil wrote:Alex,
Do you recall what producer this was? I was cleaning up the database and it doesn't say which producer.
Could be interesting to leave it open for a while and let people guess... sort of a vicarious blind tasting.
Might be a cool idea for a recurring thread...
Good idea...lets see it's unfiltered but cold stabalized. That gives a little hint. We know it's from 2004 so that helps, maybe. Anyone got a guess?
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:00 am
by Rob C.
Plus from a .375ml bottle...i can certainly think of a good candidate!
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:59 pm
by Andy Velebil
What no guesses? come on people have at it
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Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:17 pm
by Roy Hersh
Yeah, I was wondering why Mr. B. left off the producer too. Likely just an oversight.
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:58 am
by dom carter
OK i'll have a guess;
Quinta do Noval 2004
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:17 am
by Andy Velebil
I was thinking a BOB from Mark and Spencers
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:46 pm
by Roy Hersh
Do they make Pink LBV yet?
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:37 pm
by Andy Velebil
Roy Hersh wrote:Do they make Pink LBV yet?
Yes but Derek drank it all already
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:56 am
by Al B.
I'd clearly been enjoying life a little too much when I posted this tasting note! I'll let things run a while before confirming who the producer is - but no-one has it right yet.
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:18 am
by Andy Velebil
Croft?
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:25 pm
by dom carter
Another go - fuelled by what i presently drinking from 2007, for medicinal purposes as i have "early onset of Man-Flu" ("just a cold" to any girls out there!!), Niepoort
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:50 pm
by Rob C.
The half bottle is definitely the clue to use....
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:52 pm
by John M.
Niepoort or Noval
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:24 am
by Bob Parsons Alberta
Quinta do Portal!
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:50 am
by Andy Velebil
Alex,
What was this?
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:02 am
by Al B.
It was Croft - one of the cellar defenders I mentioned in an earlier post on a different thread. I've changed the title of the thread to reflect the producer.
Re: 2004 LBV Port
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:22 am
by Andy Velebil
Al B. wrote:It was Croft - one of the cellar defenders I mentioned in an earlier post on a different thread. I've changed the title of the thread to reflect the producer.
Thanks