Smith Woodhouse, Vintage Vintage:2011 This is really quite pretty

This is really quite pretty and offers fine quality though I wouldn’t describe it as a typical example

This is also relatively tightly wound and will need at least a few years to develop better depth but in time

123 ha parcel of 80+ year old vines situated mostly in terres blanches

offering sweet black raspberry and floral pastille flavors braced by smoky minerality

Look for this wine to drink well young

Smith Woodhouse, Vintage Vintage:2011 This is really quite prettyDark blackish purple. Rich, soft, black cherries. Very very sweet and powerful and alcoholic, so much so that it is quite difficult to even discern the tannins but they are there. Is this just a bit too brutal and raw? It is extremely young but it does have all the ingredients there.