1980 Smith Woodhouse

[jdaw1]

DRT’s annual medical dose of Port from his birth year was administered on Tue 26^th Mar 2019 at The Boot & Flogger.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1960 Graham (from THRA);
• 1960 Warre (from MPM);
• 1960 Croft (from RGO);
• 1963 Graham (from SCP);
• 1963 Morgan (from CMAG);
• 1965 Taylor Quinta de Vargellas (from DRT);
• 1965 Dow Quinta do Bomfim (from AHB);
• 1966 Fonseca (from JDAW);
• 1970 Butler Nephew (from PW);
• 1970 Graham (from BMHR);
• 1970 Fonseca (from DRT);
• 1970 Smith Woodhouse (from IDJ);
• 1977 Warre (from DRL);
• 1977 Taylor (from CPR);
• 1980 Smith Woodhouse (from AKZY);
• The Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

SW80, decanted 16:00. Dark dark red, 80% opaque. The colour, ahem, very 1980 SFE. Which is good. Palate sweet with smoke.

[flash_uk]

70% opacity, dark red. Nose of ripe fruit. Lovely, full, rich, sweet, fruity mouthfeel. Ripe red fruit, some pepper.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Deep red, richly coloured - a dark cherry red; opaque at the centre. Lovely and rich on the nose with lots of wonderfully pronounced primary fruit just showing a hint of maturity. Very young on the palate, primary dark cherry and a hint of tobacco. Tremendously concentrated fruit; rich, tannic and with eyewatering acidity. These combine to give a very young, but wonderful palate. The aftertaste is lovely, full of dark cherry fruit and the dryness of cherry stones. Big, black liquorice on the finish slowly changes to black jelly babies and lingers for a long time. This is a lovely Port, young and with so much potential. 90/100.