Quinta da Roêda
Quinta da Roêda - Croft & C:a
| Owner | Fladgate Partnership (Taylor-Fonseca Group) |
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Roeda means noise in Portuguese. Roêda has long been recognised as one of the great Port vineyards and in the Douro Valley there is a common saying, attributed to the 19th century poet Vega Cabral, which goes ‘if the wine district were a golden ring, Roêda would be the diamond’. This magnificent property was probably planted early in the 18th century during the great surge in demand for Port following the 1703 Methuen Treaty under which England agreed to levy a third less duty on Portuguese wine than on French.
It is from this famous vineyard in the centre of the Douro valley, that Croft relay on its port production. Its history dates back to 1811. Taylor, Fladgate and Yeatman purchased Roeda in 1844. For unknown reason the quinta was transferred to John Fladgate’s private ownership in1862. With the marriage of Fladgate’s daughter to Charles Wright of Croft the property passed into The House of Croft’s hands in 1875. Quinta da Roêda is the cornerstone of Croft’s reputation as a producer of superb Vintage.
| Quinta da Roêda Vintages: | 1872 (Taylor), 1880 (Taylor), 1889 (Croft), 1890 (Croft), 1891 (Croft), 1896 (Croft), 1904 (Croft), 1914 (Croft, private bottling), 1927 (Croft), 1931 (Croft), 1967 (Croft), 1970 (Croft), 1978 (Croft), 1980 (Croft), 1983 (Croft), 1987 (Croft), 1995 (Croft), 1997 (Croft), 2002 (Croft), 2004 (Croft), 2005 (Croft), 2008 (Croft), 2012 (Croft), 2015 (Croft), 2018 (Croft), 2019 (Croft) |
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| Quinta da Roêda Serikos Vintages: | 2017 (Croft) |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 1967 |
| Colour | Mature yellow in colour | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Lovely spring flowers and tropical fruit in the nose | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking with still some soft tannin. Flavour of tropical fruits and liquorice Elegant and balanced with a quite long finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 17th November 2011 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% tasting in Malmö. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 1978 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Roasted nuts, chocolate and berry in the nose. | Score range | 16.25 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Quite full-bodied. Mature and peaking. Elegant and balanced. Lovely, complex finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 15th November 2012 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö. This bottle belongs to Gerda and Ole Vesterdal’s Private Collection. *Defect bottle. Tasting notes and points from 7 March 1998. In 2012 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 1980 |
| Colour | Yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Dried fruit, roasted nuts and burned candy in the nose. | Score range | 15.00 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and at its peak. Balanced. Quite elegant but maybe a little short finish. Easy to drink and enjoy. Will not be better so drink up. | Average score | 15.75 |
| Last tasted | 3rd April 2014 | Point this date | 15.00 |
| Comment | At the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö. This bottle belongs to Gerda and Ole Vesterdal’s Private Collection. In 2014 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 1983 |
| Colour | Quite dark blue with yellow rim. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Coffee, cacao and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 16.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Full-bodied. Quite mature but still some way to go. Elegant and balanced. Rich raspberry and dark cherry flavour. Lovely finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd December 2000 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | At home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 1987 |
| Colour | Yellow mature very beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 4 |
| Bouquet | Bitter chocolate, cream candy, fudge some cacao and a hint of old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 14.90 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and at its peak. Sweet. Balanced and very elegant. Dark and bitter chocolate, some cacao, cream candy in taste and with a very attractive and rich finish. Very easy to drink and enjoy today so just drink it! | Average score | 15.98 |
| Last tasted | 17th November 2022 | Point this date | 14.90 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Wine Society 18% Great Tasting in Malmö. In 2022 this vintage took part in a Great Tasting in the Wine Society 18%. For points and ranking see Great Tastings. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 1995 |
| Colour | Still quite dark with a yellow mature colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Mostly bitter chocolate, cacao, coffee beans, some spiciness, gingerbread, sweet liquorice roasted nuts and old grocery shop in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 16.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and peaking. Will probably not be better, but has still some delicate tannins left. Balanced and quite elegant with a quite complex and rather attractive finish. | Average score | 15.75 |
| Last tasted | 5th March 2022 | Point this date | 16.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 1997 |
| Colour | Mature, yellow, very beautiful in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Toffee, cacao, dark chocolate, roasted coffee beans and salted liquorice in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature and now almost peaking quite easy to drink and enjoy. Balanced and quite complex with salted liquorice, toffee and chocolate in taste and with an attractive, quite sweet and rather long finish. | Average score | 16.13 |
| Last tasted | 30th May 2023 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at home in 13th International Online Vintage Tasting with our German Port Friends from World of Port. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 2002 |
| Colour | Still quite dark but yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Very generous bouquet of spring flowers, violet, spiciness, some vanilla and cacao in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 16.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. Mature but still with some very soft tannin and will be better. Spiciness, some vanilla and cacao in taste. Balanced and quite elegant port. Sweet and easy to drink and enjoy today with a nice and quite attractive finish. | Average score | 16.10 |
| Last tasted | 9th May 2018 | Point this date | 16.40 |
| Comment | At the Big Fortified Tasting in London, Great Britain. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 2004 |
| Colour | Dark but yellow mature in colour. | Number of tastings | 4 |
| Bouquet | Cacao, some chocolate,, coffee, cream candy and menthol in the nose. | Score range | 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium bodied. Rather mature and almost peaking but will probably improve a little. Cacao, some coffee, menthol and chocolate in the flavour. Very promising and easy to drink with quite long, sweet and interesting finish. | Average score | 15.19 |
| Last tasted | 31st March 2022 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Big Fortified Tasting in London, Great Britain | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 2005 |
| Colour | Garnet in colour with a yellow rim. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Chocolate, mint and dried fruit in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 15.90 |
| Taste | Chocolate, medium body, spicy, medium tannins and a finish with medium length. Nice and peeking right now. Will probably not be much better. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 20th April 2023 | Point this date | 15.90 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Big Fortified Tasting in London, Great Britain. | Tasters | JB |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 2008 |
| Colour | Quite dark but with a slightly yellow mature edge in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Chocolate, cacao, mint, some dark berry and herbs in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 16.00 |
| Taste | Medium body. Quite mature but still with some very soft and delicate tannins. Will probably be better. Balanced with herbs, chocolate dark mature berries and mint in taste. Very enjoyable and easy to drink with a long finish full of herbs. | Average score | 16.00 |
| Last tasted | 31st December 2018 | Point this date | 16.00 |
| Comment | Tasting at home with the family. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 2012 |
| Colour | Quite dark but with just a hint of a yellow mature edge in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dark chocolate, cacao, dark cherry and dark berry in the nose. | Score range | 16.25 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Still with very soft with delicate tannins and will of course be better. Balanced with cacao and dark chocolate in taste. A complex port with lovely, aggressive tannins in an attractive finish. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 23rd June 2018 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | Tasting at Quinta da Roeda’s lodge in the Douro Valley, Portugal. | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 2015 |
| Colour | Quite dark ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Still some dark berries but mostly cacao, dark chocolate, liquorice and lots of other things such as herbs and spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 16.25 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Lovely round and elegant tannins and will improve. Very tasty with berries, cacao, chocolate, herbs and spiciness with a rather complex but very attractive, quite tannic finish. Lovely port. | Average score | |
| Last tasted | 14th May 2023 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family, | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Serikos Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 2017 |
| Colour | Almost black and very deep in colour | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Ripe fruit, dark berries such as mulberry, black berry and dark cherry but also some eucalyptus and mint in the nose. | ||
| Taste | Almost full-bodied with very soft and delicate tannins and easy to drink and enjoy already today but with lovely backbone. Loaded with dark fruits and dark berries in taste and with some very elegant eucalyptus in the finish. Very exiting port indeed! | ||
| Last tasted | 24th May 2019 | Rating this date | Very Impressive |
| Comment | At the Masterclass Tasting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta da Roeda Croft | Vintage | 2018 |
| Colour | Very dark ruby in colour | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dark berries such as mulberry, black berry and dark cherry in the nose. | ||
| Taste | Medium sweet and medium body. Taste of dark berries with a lot of tannins. Attractive finish and medium length. | ||
| Last tasted | 26th November 2021 | Rating this date | Very good |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany. Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | JB |