Croft Quinta da Roêda Vintage Port 2012

Dense ruby ​​black core surrounded by a purplish red rim. The nose is true to the Roêda style, a delicious fruitiness combined with the resinous, musky redolence of wild herbs and rockrose gum. However, the year, with its typical purity and refinement, has placed this finely formed wine at the elegant and subtle end of the Roêda spectrum. Mixed with the typical jammy fruits are fresher notes of raspberry and apricot and the palate is lifted by crisp acidity and supported by a dense warp of firm, sinewy tannins. A little more restrained and clearly delineated than some recent Roêda vintages, the wine nevertheless displays the seductive ripe fruitiness that characterises this great historic estate.