2000 Smith Woodhouse

[jdaw1]

As organised by George G., on Monday 10th February 2025, Some of the usual folks gathered in the Boot & Flogger, for a horizontal of 2000s.

Woe betide! What has become of us‽ A horizontal of Port from this century^†. Yes yes, the world has other disasters afoot, but this disaster is afoot here: what has become of us‽

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 2000 Taylor;
  • 2000 Fonseca;
  • 2000 Croft;
  • 2000 Dow;
  • 2000 Warre;
  • 2000 Graham;
  • 2000 Quinta do Vesuvio;
  • 2000 Martinez;
  • 2000 Cockburn;
  • 2000 Gould Campbell;
  • 2000 Smith Woodhouse;
  • 2000 Quarles Harris;
  • 2000 Sainsbury's Taste The Difference;
  • 2000 Niepoort;
  • 2000 Niepoort Secundum;
  • 2000 Sandeman;
  • 2000 Sandeman Vau;
  • 2000 Portal;
  • 2000 Osborne;
  • 2000 Quinta do Passadouro;
• The placemats;
• The food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

† Please allow, or at least forgive, the non-pedantic definition.

[nac]

From a 6bt OWC from Seckford in October 2021.

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[jdaw1]

SW00. red, 60% opaque — not the usual colour for this vintage. Red fruit (rather than the ’00s’ usual black fruit), white-pepper spice, mid weight. Very good Port. Also very different — an oddity of the vintage.

[winesecretary]

Nose has quite a bit of warmth. Palate is a bit hot. Licorice and pastis. Not super-exciting.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Not as dark in colour as the GC00 tasted alongside, but dasker than the QH00 or Sainsbury Taste the Difference 2000 VP. Bright on the nose, full of fruit. Nicely balanced entry, but dominated by the acidity disrupting the balance and harmony of the wine. Menthol and spirit makes the aftertaste uncomfortably warm, but the black fruit gum finishes well. 89/100