2017 Croft - 6x75cl
21B7CROF6PK _ 2017 - Croft - 6x75cl
  • Colour Port_Sweet
  • Producer Croft
  • Region Port
  • Grape Touriga Nacional / Tinta Roriz / Tinta Barroca
  • Drinking 2030 - 2060
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2017 - Croft - 6x75cl

  • Colour Port Sweet
  • Producer Croft
  • Region Port
  • Grape Touriga Nacional / Tinta Roriz / Tinta Barroca
  • Drinking 2030 - 2060
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £276.78 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £205.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, May 2019, Score: 95-97

    Deep, intense opaque colour, this has delicious sweet, rich bramble fruit aromas. A wine characterised by sweetness and voluptuousness. Rich and full, with a drive of tannic intensity, it is a wine which balances exotic juiciness with structure and power. Great depth and a wine that will go the distance.

  • Neal Martin, June 2019, Score: 94

    The 2017 Croft Vintage Port was picked from August 31, the earliest since 1945. Deep purple in color, the nose is initially standoffish, checking you out before opening intense black plum and crushed violet aromas, orange blossom and veins of Seville orange marmalade. Yet it is extremely well focused, disguising the warmth of the growing season. The palate is medium-bodied with a luxuriant, velvety smooth opening that lacquers the mouth. Beautifully balanced, effortless even, it gently seems to roll across the senses towards its surprisingly controlled, clove and bayleaf tinged finish that leaves a discrete tingling sensation on the tongue. Superb and probably one of the 2017 Vintage Ports that will drink sooner than others. Total production is 3,900 cases. Drink 2025-2060

Producer

Croft

Founded over three hundred years ago, the House of Croft's first known activity dates from 1678 - the year of the first ever recorded shipments of Port wine. Originally known as Phayre Bradley after its founding partners and took its present name in 1736 when it was joined by John Croft, a member of an old family of Yorkshire wine merchants. John Croft was one of the leading figures of the Port business in the eighteenth c...Read more

Founded over three hundred years ago, the House of Croft's first known activity dates from 1678 - the year of the first ever recorded shipments of Port wine. Originally known as Phayre Bradley after its founding partners and took its present name in 1736 when it was joined by John Croft, a member of an old family of Yorkshire wine merchants. John Croft was one of the leading figures of the Port business in the eighteenth century. The family returned to England in the nineteenth century, nevertheless the family maintained its affection for the fortified wines of the Douro and the late Percy Croft, who died in 1935, is credited with the famous words: "Any time not spent drinking Port is a waste of time." It is now owned and run by descendants of two old Port wine families, the Yeatmans and Fladgates. The place of distinction occupied by Croft and its wines is due in no small measure to its ownership of one of the finest estates of the Douro Valley, the famous Quinta da Roêda.Read less

Region

Port

Port is made in the Cima Corgo, Baixo Corgo and Douro Superior districts of the Douro Valley in the north of Portugal. The summers are hot and dry and the climate becomes more continental as you move further east towards the upper Douro Valley. Here temperatures often exceed 40 degrees. The Douro Valley has steep hillsides with terraces, which is not only aesthetically pleasing but is also extremely useful for making quality wine. The schist soils aid in drainage and have become very important to port production, so much so that much of the Douro table wines have been relegated to granite soils. The six main grape varieties used for port production are Touriga Nacional, Tinta Cão, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Tinta Barroca, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Amarela. There are another 42 grape varieties that are permitted but these six are considered to be the noblest ones, each adding something different to the blend. After the harvest the grapes are trodden, often by foot but more often by machines, in giant lagars (troughs). Port is a fortified wine so during fermentation ‘brandy' (not actually brandy but a grape-distilled spirit) is added to increase thealcoholic strength to around 17-19 % abv. This leaves a sweet, red fortified wine with lots of vibrant fruit. There are many different types of Port from the Basic Ruby Ports, through to Tawny Ports and LBVs, to probably the most famous of all Vintage Port that can take 20 years to reach its peak. When mature, Vintage Port is a unique tasting experience with warm, concentrated spicy-fruit flavours and a superb length that just goes on and on.

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