Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 A000001438 Interestingly this is even spicier

Interestingly this is even spicier with its own very broad array of spice elements that seemingly change with each whiff of the markedly ripe nose

Here too the wood treatment is subtle yet just prominent enough to warrant pointing out on the cool

this is actually slightly less structured though I emphasize slightly

This moderately powerful effort is shaped by dense but fine tannins and is a wine that should amply repay extended cellaring

cassis and earth aromas

Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 A000001438 Interestingly this is even spicierA 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