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1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:12 am
by John M.
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
Re: 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 12:10 pm
by Andy Velebil
These older LBV's are fun. However, as you mentioned they do tend to be much more simple compared to a VP.
Re: 1984 Smith Woodhouse LBV
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:55 am
by Mahmoud Ali
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.