Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 Volume:750ML superb concentration

superb concentration

licorice flavor

This is markedly more mineral-driven than the Combottes with terrific detail and tension to the ultra-refined medium weight flavors that brim with tannin-buffering dry extract on the saline

spicier than the 1997

Azsu-paste and a mango-scented nose that is incredibly intense

Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 Volume:750ML superb concentrationA 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