Croft is the oldest port house with a distinguished history dating back to 1588. The Croft family, originally wine merchants from York, played an active and prominent part in the history of the Port trade. Croft is one of the most well known Vintage Port houses and has produced some legendary Vintage wines, notably the exceptional 1945 regarded as one of the best of this landmark year. The character of Croft Vintage Ports is one of the most distinctive and individual of all. Crammed with luscious plump jammy fruit in their youth, they develop great richness and complexity with age. The cornerstone of the Croft Vintage Port style is the firm’s estate of Quinta da Roêda. Often described as the jewel of the Douro Valley quintas, Roêda forms a vast south west facing semicircle of terraced vineyard on the right bank of the Douro close to the village of Pinhão.
