Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 Champagne A remarkably elegant and spicy

A remarkably elegant and spicy nose that is now fully mature reveals the initial hints of sous bois while leading to rich

spectacular and about the only nit is a discreet touch of backend warmth

balanced and moderately austere finale

There is excellent energy to the stony medium weight plus flavors that are at once succulent yet powerful where the latter carries over to the serious

Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 Champagne A remarkably elegant and spicyA 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