Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 Champagne There is excellent energy to

There is excellent energy to the stony medium weight plus flavors that are at once succulent yet powerful where the latter carries over to the serious

laced with citrus

A remarkably elegant and spicy nose that is now fully mature reveals the initial hints of sous bois while leading to rich

The striking aromatics are followed by a full-bodied

Both wines boast opaque black colors

Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 Champagne There is excellent energy toA 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