1896 Croft's Vintage Port (Bottled by Williams, Standring, Sandeman & Heatley Ltd., London) (LS)

1896 Croft Vintage Port is a pre-phylloxera-era vintage Port produced by the Croft house in Portugal’s Douro Valley. This example was later bottled in the UK by Williams, Standring, Sandeman & Heatley Ltd., a London wine merchant, as was common for historic Ports shipped in cask and bottled abroad. The bottle features a neck label with a large numeric marking, likely a merchant or inventory reference rather than a vintage designation.