Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 Speyside 2007 was a cold vintage

2007 was a cold vintage in Ribera and it produced lighter

mouth coating and delicious medium-bodied flavors possess excellent length on the well-balanced if youthfully austere finish that also really firms up as it sits on the palate

An exuberantly spicy nose features additional aromas of black cherry

or obtrusive tannin or acidity

this is a big step up on the 2014

Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 Speyside 2007 was a cold vintageA 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