Reviews & Scores
This bottle of 1982 Gruaud-Larose came direct from the château cellars. It is just pure joy on the nose with fabulous scents of black fruit, hung game (less so than previous bottles), clove and a faint aroma of a stately home. It manages to offer both ample fruit and life-affirming complexity. The palate has aged little since I last tasted it; there's more red fruit here, with freshly rolled tobacco, cedar and a touch more spiciness on the finish than previous tastings, with a sweet yet structured finish. This may well represent the finest bottle that I have encountered. (NM) - VM
VM96一月 2023
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. (WK) - WA
WA96十二月 2022
The 1982 is one of my most beloved vintages that I have ever tasted from Château Gruaud Larose and this most recent bottle was signing. This is a plush, sappy and marvelously classic example from the estate, offering up a beautifully expressive nose of blackberries, sweet cassis, dark soil tones, cigar ash, a touch of eucalyptus, plenty of smokiness and just a dollop of new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and plush on the attack, with a rock solid core of fruit, fine focus and balance and still a bit of chewy tannin perking up the long, complex finish. - JG
JG94九月 2022
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