Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 (US Label) Victoria floral tones and a hint

floral tones and a hint of the sauvage

Cut from the same mold as other Cuvee Madames

spicier than the 1997

Like the Reignots this is closed and brooding at present though aggressive swirling grudgingly liberates cool

weight and power to the medium weight plus flavors that brim with mouth coating dry extract that buffers well the firm tannic spine on the strikingly long finish

Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 (US Label) Victoria floral tones and a hintA massive wine that is clearly of first growth quality in this vintage, the 1982 Gruaud Larose remains a youngster. A broodingly dense, thick, unctuously textured, inky plum garnet purple color offers up scents of beef blood, steak tartare, cassis, herbs, tobacco, and underbrush. One of the most concentrated wines of the vintage (as well as one of the most concentrated Bordeauxs I have ever tasted), it is a huge, full bodied, weighty, rich wine whose