For The Love Of Port

I ran across this bottle and never even knew that SW made a colheita. I bought it and have since found virtually no information about this bottle. I am planning on opening it on Wednesday night and give it a go.

Does anyone have any decanting advice? Or has anyone tried this before?


Thanks

Two hours should be plenty Andy. Enjoy and please do let us know how you liked it.

I've never seen a 1976 colheita from Smith Woodhouse, but several stores around here have had their 1986 colheita this year. I think that they were bottled in 2004. I plan to get one to try.

The Smith Woodhouse web site doesn't mention colheitas. I wonder why.

Gary

I bought a bottle of this last year in Utah (really!). It was stenciled (bottled in 2004). I too had never had a Smith Woodhouse Colheita, so bought it out of curiousity, since it was no bargain at 75$.

It was a pretty disappointing experience for me. The wine was a bit cloudy and too dry for my taste, not bad, but way too expensive. It served as a reminder to stick to the Portugese houses when it comes to Colheitas to get good value for money.

Steve

Andy

I just had a bottle of the 1984 Niepoort Colheita, and as Roy suggested, 2 hours seems about right, although a little more would not hurt. I would decant, as my experience with the above mentioned 84 showed a fair amount of improvement over time.

It was just as good after 24 hours as well.

Jay

Thanks for all the help guys, I will let you know how it goes.