Smith Woodhouse 1985
Vintage Port
One of the most promising wines of the vintage.
Description
A rich Vintage characterised for its luscious fruit and round tannins. This wine has lovely violet aromas, showing plenty of grip and power.
Our Expert's Recommendation
"This Vintage is beginning to show some of the wonderful characteristics of bottle matured wine. It can be drunk now but will repay a few more years in your cellar."
Press Comments
“Deep ruby. Fruit gums nose… Sweet and hot on the finish”.
"At nearly 20 years old, this Smith Woodhouse’85 still has plenty of life in it. It still has masses of ripe berries and ‘fruits confits’, as a French judge put it, as well as maturing caramel and burnt sugar flavours. It is stunningly complex and has huge length."
"I have often tasted this blind with all the other big-name 1985s and it often holds its own. Medium deep ruby, with lovely violet aromas, full-bodied, with plenty of grip, full tannins and a powerful finish."
"The sleeper of the vintage? An astonishing amount of creamy, blackberry and chocolate scented fruit fills the olfactory senses. On the palate, this full-bodied wine is loaded with extract, great length and has a super finish with plenty of fruit and tannin in proper balance."
Additional Information
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