Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien 1982 Rated 96WA

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Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien, Classic Bordeaux with rich fruit and elegant tannins. Order today!

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Rated 96
One of the most powerful, massive wines of the vintage is the 1982 Gruaud Larose, a full-bodied, broad and concentrated effort redolent of ripe black fruits, loamy soil, smoked meats, leather, espresso roast and hints of cigar wrapper. Rich, layered and expansive, its deep core of ripe, fleshy fruit is framed by sweet, powdery tannins. As ever with the wines of the Cordier era, the fly in the ointment is that the wine's wild, somewhat animal profile is strongly marked by the presence of Brettanomyces, yet the 1982's intensely characterful, singular style means that I am personally able to overlook that defect. Still youthful, and actually evolving more slowly than the brilliant 1986, this is likely to number among the longer-lived wines of the vintage. Drinking window 2012-2045. (Issue 264 End of December 2022, The Wine Advocate)

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