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1982 Château Gruaud-Larose

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RATINGS

98Robert M. Parker Jr.

...One of the most concentrated wines of the vintage (as well as one of the most concentrated Bordeaux’s I have ever tasted), it is a huge, full-bodied, weighty, rich wine whose tannins are getting silkier...

96Vinous / IWC

...red cherry, sweet spices, aromatic herbs and coffee. Dense, rich and fleshy...harmonious acidity and smooth tannins...This is developing at a snail's space and might last another three or four decades in a cold cellar...

94Wine Spectator

One of the best wines ever made at this estate. Dense ruby color with a slight amber edge. Intense grape, berry and raspberry aromas. Full-bodied, with loads of velvety tannins and a long, ripe fruit and mineral aftertaste

94Stephen Tanzer

...complex, perfumed aromas of plum, leather, meat and minerals. Sweet, lush and young; really stuffed with fat, meaty fruit... Broad without being really thick, with impressive precision...big, ripe tannins...Drink now through 2020.

18Jancis Robinson

Cool and very fresh with a seam of graphite...intense...

****Decanter Magazine (stars)

Very classy, racy nose. Lovely fruit. Terrific tannins enveloped by masses of glycerol.

REGION

France, Bordeaux, St.-Julien

Saint-Julien is the smallest of the four main Médoc appellations with 2,175 acres of vineyards. It is just south of Pauillac on the left bank of the Gironde, and although it has no First Growth châteaux, its 11 Classified Growth estates are widely admired. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that winemaking in Saint-Julien from all classifications “is consistently both distinctive and brilliant.” He adds it is Médoc’s “most underrated commune.” The best-known estates are Léoville Las Cases, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Léoville Poyferré, Léoville Barton and Gruaud Larose, and most of those have riverside estates. The soil in this appellation is gravelly with clay. Cabernet Sauvignon is the main grape grown, and it is blended with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and sometimes small amounts of Petit Verdot.