Crusted
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Crusted Port is a peculiarly British invention, and is rarely seen. It is produced by British Port shippers to provide wines with a similar style to Vintage Port, but quicker, and at a cheaper price. Essentially this is a very fine non-vintage Ruby Port.
Crusted Port has more power and complexity than Ruby Port though with sweet, rich, spicy red and black fruit harmoniously integrated. It is made from a blend of different vintages and is aged for up to 4 years in cask and at least 3 years in bottle before release.
It gets its name from the sediment (or crust) that forms at the bottom of the bottle as the wine ages - just like a Vintage Port. The date on a Crusted Port bottle refers to the bottling date; it is forbidden by law to show any reference to a particular vintage. It is ready to drink on release but often continues to improve with age.
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Berrys' Own Selection Crusted Port Bottled 2000
Port Wine » Crusted Limited Stock
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
Ready, but will keep,
20% alc.
Crusted port,a great British Institution, suffered a minor setback at the hands of the legislators in Portugal for a while. But justice has prevailed and it is now recognised as a key style, the product of two to three vintages, bottled in one year, in this case 2000, and then allowed to ... MORE | ||||
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Berrys' Crusted Port Bottled 2002
Port Wine » Crusted Limited Stock
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Bottle
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£ 15.95 |
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172.20
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
Ready, but will keep,
20% alc.
Selected for us from Dow's, this shows some of that House's characteristic crispness in its fruit with soft tannins. Perfect for the sideboard over the Christmas holidays - for occasional sips. It will last once opened for a week no problem. (Tom Cave, Berrys' Cellar Plan ... MORE | ||||
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Berrys' Crusted Port Bottled 2003
Port Wine » Crusted |
Bottle
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£ 18.35 |
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174.00
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Medium-Full Bodied,
Sweet,
Red,
Port Blend,
Ready, but will keep,
20% alc.
A peculiarly British affair, Crusted Port is, at heart, a vintage port, or, to be more precise, a multi-vintage port. In the way that Krug or Grand Siècle Champagne are the products of three different vintages, Crusted is an amalgam of three vintages, in this case, 98, 99 and 2000, bottled ... MORE | ||||
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