1947 Smith Woodhouse

[Alex Bridgeman]

A deep orange-amber colour, the colour of liquid barley-sugars, glowing in its intensity. Intense orange citrus on the nose. Elegant entry, soft and balanced with lots of sugars and caramels coming through in the mouth, all accompanied by a concentrated orange zest. A little spirity and possibly in need of a little more time in the decanter to pull itself completely together. A long aftertaste of crepe suzette. 91/100.

[DRT]

Very soft and smooth - thick texture with oranges on the nose and in the finish. Someone said "Cracking Port!" - he was correct.

[uncle tom]

'Cracking port' - courtesy of Richard Cramp - was an unintentional pun, as I had discovered while decanting that the bottle was itself cracked across the shoulder (which only came to light when I sought to give the bottle a little gas pressure to assist the cork, only to see it start to leak..)

Despite being a cracked and badly ullaged bottle, most people rated this the wine of the night - myself included..

Tom

[JacobH]

A deep orange-amber colour, the colour of liquid barley-sugars, glowing in its intensity. Intense orange citrus on the nose. Elegant entry, soft and balanced with lots of sugars and caramels coming through in the mouth, all accompanied by a concentrated orange zest. A little spirity and possible in need of a little more time in the decanter to pull itself completely together. A long aftertaste of crepe suzette. 91/100.

I can’t really improve on Alex’s note, except to mention that there was an elegant subtly to the nose. The was one of the wines of the evening for me: thank goodness that that crack in the bottle did not prove terminal!