Smith Woodhouse
Late Bottled Vintage Porto
Porto, Douro, Portugal
Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com
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🎇🎉New Year's Eve 2019🎉🎇
❤️🍾Cheers to the Delectable Community🥂❤️
Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.
(Alfred Hill a.k.a. Benny Hill)
Just concluded our annual Fall seclusion at our cabin in the Rangeley lakes region of Maine, mobile service up there is mostly non-existent, after several days I am posting again. Notes are somewhat brief, as my focus is relaxing and watching the Common Loons swimming and diving in the cove in front of our camp.
Nose has over-ripe plum, blackberry jam, baking spice, whole vanilla bean and noticeable alcohol (even after ~1 hour decant).
Palate has blackberry-plum jam, raspberry, cedar (light) and ripe black cherry. Finish is quite long, somewhat expected though, with light tannins.
We've been cellaring the SW LBV bottles for many vintages, always proving to be a great value and accessible decades ahead of their true vintage counterparts. Serious amounts of sediment in the bottle, more than I recall on earlier LBV bottles. I expect the high alcohol aromas will dissipate within 24 hours.
Just concluded our annual Fall seclusion at our cabin in the Rangeley lakes region of Maine, mobile service up there is mostly non-existent, after several days I am posting again. Notes are somewhat brief, as my focus is relaxing and watching the Common Loons swimming and diving in the cove in front of our camp.
Nose has over-ripe plum, blackberry jam, baking spice, whole vanilla bean and noticeable alcohol (even after ~1 hour decant).
Palate has blackberry-plum jam, raspberry, cedar (light) and ripe black cherry. Finish is quite long, somewhat expected though, with light tannins.
We've been cellaring the SW LBV bottles for many vintages, always proving to be a great value and accessible decades ahead of their true vintage counterparts. Serious amounts of sediment in the bottle, more than I recall on earlier LBV bottles. I expect the high alcohol aromas will dissipate within 24 hours.
Deep purple; medium intensity aromas of black plum, ripe blackberry, raspberry, black currant jam, baking spices, vanilla; sweet, medium acid, high tannins, high alcohol, medium plus body, medium plus intensity flavors of black plum, blackberry jam, black currant, black cherry, baking spices, vanilla; medium plus finish, concentrated flavors, but not very complex
Deep purple; medium intensity aromas of black plum, ripe blackberry, raspberry, black currant jam, baking spices, vanilla; sweet, medium acid, high tannins, high alcohol, medium plus body, medium plus intensity flavors of black plum, blackberry jam, black currant, black cherry, baking spices, vanilla; medium plus finish, concentrated flavors, but not very complex
Dec 11th, 2018
Really nice port, not to sweet and great dark fruit flavor.
Really nice port, not to sweet and great dark fruit flavor.
1 person found it helpfulApr 13th, 2015
Black berry, dark cherry, cranberry, cedar and mint. Fantastic!
Black berry, dark cherry, cranberry, cedar and mint. Fantastic!
Jan 8th, 2015
2009 vintage. Delicious Late vintage port with Dried cherry, blackberry jam, dark chocolate, raisin and date. Duoro region of Portugal specifically Vila Nova de Gaia.
2009 vintage. Delicious Late vintage port with Dried cherry, blackberry jam, dark chocolate, raisin and date. Duoro region of Portugal specifically Vila Nova de Gaia.
Dec 28th, 2023
Picked this up from local Alko as my Kopkes ended up lost somewhere on their way. This has quite broad array of licorice, smoke, oak and various red and dark berries flowing through both nose and palate. It's quite dense but manages to stay away from being cloying. Taste ends eith nutty and raspberry notes. This works great with various chocolate desserts when slightly cooled to freshen up the mouthfeel. We had this with chocolate cheese cake that ended our Christmas dinner.
Picked this up from local Alko as my Kopkes ended up lost somewhere on their way. This has quite broad array of licorice, smoke, oak and various red and dark berries flowing through both nose and palate. It's quite dense but manages to stay away from being cloying. Taste ends eith nutty and raspberry notes. This works great with various chocolate desserts when slightly cooled to freshen up the mouthfeel. We had this with chocolate cheese cake that ended our Christmas dinner.
Dec 25th, 2020