2004 Croft Porto Late Bottled Vintage Unfiltered

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  1/5/2015 - djg13985 wrote: 93 Points

  Cracking lbv. One to buy again

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  5/15/2013 - djewesbury Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark - about 90% - with a very narrow pink rim. A tannic sharpness in the nose - elderberry and violet, chewy before it's even been tasted, with minty stalkiness too, but not in an unpleasant way. In the mouth, a firm, blocky entrance, rather wonderful robustness, dense fruit, blackberries and black- and redcurrants. Then the tannins hit - these are wonderfully powerful. Slight pepperiness at the top of the tongue and the roof of the mouth. A slight chalkiness in the finish; some might find this unpleasant, but to me it feels of a part with the fruit characteristics - it almost tastes raisinish; was there a raisinised lote in this blend? The violets reappear in the finish too. This is really good stuff.

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