young wine with terrific finishing grip

but unlike vintages of ten years ago

It has character

intense and powerful

(the aggregate size of this holding is a whopping 3

Croft, Vintage other_regions young wine with terrific finishingThe 2009 Croft has a tightly wound bouquet of blackberry, black plum, and touches of glycerine and graphite that are well defined but persistently broody. The palate is full bodied with a burly, powerful entry. There is real structure and presence here a Croft packed full of spicy black fruit with white peppers generously sprinkled over the finish. This is an ambitious Croft that could become a future legend or might trip over its untrammeled