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Berrys' Crusted Port Bottled 2004

Berrys' Crusted Port Bottled 2004
Crusted Port is a peculiarly British invention, and yet is seldom seen, either here or elsewhere, despite it evocative and theoretically quite accurate name. It is produced at the behest of British Port shippers to provide wines with a similar character to Vintage Port, but in a more accessible style and at a relatively more modest price point .

The wine is a blend of three different and consecutive vintages that have been aged for up to five years in cask, then assembled and aged in bottle for at least a further three years before release. The vintages in question for this, the 2004 bottling are 1999, 2000 and 2001 and all come from A –list Quintas affiliated to the famous House of Dow, itself known for the longevity of its wines and their fantastic stylistic integration between fruit, spirit and tannin.

The nomenclature is appropriate because the wine is bottled without fining or filtration and is therefore, in the manner of bottle aged wines, likely to throw sediment, or, more apposite, form something resembling a crust. All this in spite of the fact that it should not be kept quite as long as a vintage port; indeed the wine is theoretically ready for drinking on release; a symphonic rich, sweet and spicy red, but one which will, for up to a decade , develop in complexity and the capacity to afford no small measure of pleasure .Outstanding value, outstanding port.
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)         

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Berrys' Crusted Port Bottled 2004
Product: 6062
Maturity: Drink now
Origin: Port Wine » Crusted Map of the region
Producer: Dow
Grape Variety: Port Blend
Style: Medium-Full Bodied, Sweet, 20% alcohol
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