Anyone know anything about wine

[Marty Funkhouser]

Been given a bottle of 1985 smith woodhouse vintage port....any good?

[dmitsi]

I know it's a vintage year. Don't know the port though.
Sure it'll be tasty.

[GTIR]

1985!

I bought a bottle of red Tuesday last week and by Friday it tasted rank!

I'd bin it mate.

[dmitsi]

Decent vintage port will improve well with age. Not to say all will, but a few decades can change the complexity and flavour for the better.

Is it a true vintage, or is it labelled LBV?
An LBV will not benefit from bottle strorage like a vintage will.

[dmitsi]

1985 Vintage notes

Looks like a good drink. 2003 tasting said it still has a lot of life left, so should still be good.
Seems to hold its own against bigger names of that vintage.
Open it up and drink it. Due to it's age you won't want the bottle unfinished after 4 days.
Also I'd say it needs decanting.

[Shaw Tarse]

I'm guessing how it has been stored may affect it?
Meh, open it & see.