1995 Croft Roeda

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Pop and decant and pour

A deep red rim, but the wine is still impressively 90% opaque

Moderate swirling to bring out the nose suggests it needs more time in glass to open out. Some coffee grounds with blackberry ice cream behind.

Palate though is absolutely bursting with juicy blueberries and blackcurrants and chocolate. Wonderfully fresh and full of life. Really surprising and in a very good way.

Finish still quite secondary - plums, 100% cocoa solids and a little prickle of heat.

This is really very nice port, for now and the next decade. It’s probably mostly already been drunk!

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Edited to update -

… and probably rightly. It was heading into tertiary by 2230. Let’s see what it is like tonight.

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This is now a pleasant fully mature minor port. Te frost excitement has not been sustained.