4 Hour decant. Light brick, clear meniscus, muted nose. This was the mystery wine of what was otherwise a Grahams VP tasting. Plum with undertone of cooked tangerine. Nicely resolved, lovely subtle finish. Overall, a little simple, but quite nice.
91 Points
1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
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1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
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Andy Velebil
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Re: 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
These older LBV's are fun. However, as you mentioned they do tend to be much more simple compared to a VP.
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Mahmoud Ali
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Re: 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
I do tend to enjoy older LBVs, especially the so-called "tradional" style (yes, I know, they're not called traditional anymore, hence the inverted commas). As a matter of fact the 1982 Smith Woodhouse was the very first LBV that I tasted. My expert port buddy served it to me and explained to me the cellaring "traditional" style. It was very nice so I went out and bought a bottle. I had it a few years ago and it didn't develop as well as I had hoped, quite tired in fact, so really I erred in keeping it that long. It's remarkable that the '84 LBV did well enough to score only a point less than the '77 Graham VP that you tasted recently.
Cheers ................ Mahmoud.
Cheers ................ Mahmoud.