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1983 Smith Woodhouse
Posted: 14:13 Thu 23 Jul 2009
by Alex Bridgeman
Deeply coloured wine, dark red and with a centre that was only just opaque. Quite a closed nose, shows sweet and pleasant with lots of cinammonand a bit of heat. Light texture, quite acidic entry but plenty of fruit and a good palate presence. Nice layers of complexity which never quite stop delivering, while all wrapped up in a soft milk chocolate. Quiet on the aftertaste, takes a long time to develop but then lasts a long time. 91/100. Drunk 21 July 2009 after 14 hours double decanting.
Re: 1983 Smith Woodhouse
Posted: 09:44 Sun 26 Jul 2009
by DRT
A very dark brooding wine. Treacle and blackcurrant on the nose. Smooth and silky entry with blackcurrant and chocolate cherry truffle. Lots of tannin and a nice long finish.
My wine of the night.
Derek
Re: 1983 Smith Woodhouse
Posted: 20:25 Sun 26 Jul 2009
by uncle tom
A very nice wine, not quite in the same mould as some other SW's, and a tad short of full maturity.
Pipped by the Ramas Pinto '85 as my wine of the night, but not far behind.
Tom
Re: 1983 Smith Woodhouse
Posted: 23:38 Tue 28 Jul 2009
by WS1
Hi there,
I had this wine as Derek a couple of times before and I was never disappointed. Great Vintage Port that may get the critics to be not as complex as you would expect from a Smith Woodhouse as well as it tend to be quite tannic and strong in structure (in my humble opinion)
Still again one of the Ports I like but also prefered the Ramos Pinto 1985 that evening.
regards
WS1