2015 Croft, Quinta da Roêda, Port, Portugal

  • Red
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
  • Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão
Not ready
Mark Squires
90/100
Product: 20158015008

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2015 Croft, Quinta da Roêda, Port, Portugal

Description

The aromas soar elegantly from the glass, brilliantly ripe and sweet blackcurrant, peppered strawberries, with an interestingly fresh apricot underneath. Freshness continues on the palate, lovely focus. Plum and delicate spicy herbal notes, lavender, chocolate, concentrated and ripe fruit, strawberry jam, silky texture to this, and good grip too.
Drinking window-2025 to 2045.
Ben Grosvenor, Private Account Manager
Colour Red
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2015
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinto Cão
Body Full Bodied
Producer Croft

Critics reviews

Mark Squires 90/100
The 2015 Vintage Port Quinta da Roeda is a field blend aged for 18 months in used French vats. It comes in with 103 grams per liter of residual sugar. Since I first saw this in Porto last June, it has done what I find Ports generally do after bottling and shipping in the fall—close down hard. All about the potential just now, it clearly has some, but it may have some limitations too. Tightly wound, sharp on the edges and astringent on the finish, this has passed the point where you would want to drink it any time soon. It has as much, if not more power than any of the Fladgate Partnership submissions this issue, plus pretty good depth for the vintage. It has fleshed out a bit. It also shows a bit of alcohol here and there. It was my least favorite of the three Fladgate partnership wines, despite a showy beginning. It was in better balance the next day, admittedly, but it also seemed blander and more stolid. At this point, put it in the cellar and come back in a decade or so to see where you are. I doubt that this is going to be truly special, but it will certainly develop much more.
Mark Squires, (Feb 2018)

About this wine

Touriga Nacional

Touriga Nacional is a highly regarded grape variety indigenous to Portugal, often considered the country's flagship red grape. Known for its intense aromas and flavours, the wines typically feature dark fruits such as blackberries, blueberries, and plums, along with distinctive floral notes like violets and hints of spices, herbs, and chocolate. These generally have high tannin levels, good acidity, and deep, dark colour, contributing to their structure and ageing potential.
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Porto

Porto

Rich, saccharine, intensely-flavoured and, at their best, wonderfully majestic and harmonious, these are wines to be savoured on their own, or with a fine chunk of cheese after a meal. Port comes from the stunning Douro region of Portugal, about 50 miles east of Oporto, and is made in two different styles: bottle-aged and cask-aged.
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Croft

Croft has to be one of the most distinguished names in the Port industry. Founded over 300 years ago by a Yorkshireman, John Croft, who was one of the intrepid band of merchants to export wines to a British market unable to buy from Napoleonic France due to war. The firm’s activity dates back to 1588 which was also the first year of the first ever recorded shipments of Port wine.
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