1982 CHÂTEAU GRUAUD LAROSE 1982

Saint Julien

Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé

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95-100 / 100

Excellent

1982 CHÂTEAU GRUAUD LAROSE 1982

Saint Julien

Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé

Condition Good

Stock : 11 bottles

359,00 € tax incl. 299,17 € tax excl.

Avis d'expert

98 / 100

Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate

(6-2009) A 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 Bordeaux’s I have ever tasted), it is a huge, full-bodied, weighty, rich wine whose tannins are getting silkier and silkier. It appears set for another 30-40 years of life. This behemoth is a singularly profound example of Gruaud Larose that continues to justify its legendary status.

98 / 100

Wine Spectator

(11-1998) One of the best wines ever made at this estate. Dense ruby color with a slight amber edge. Intense grape, berry and raspberry aromas. Full-bodied, with loads of velvety tannins and a long, ripe fruit and mineral aftertaste.

97 / 100

Autre

Jeff Leve (1-2017)

18 / 20

Jancis Robinson

(6-2012) Cool and very fresh with a seam of graphite. Drier than the Grand Puy Lacoste 1982 served blind alongside. More intense but with more obvious acidity. It may be drying out but I have given it the benefit of the doubt.

93 / 100

Jeannie Cho Lee

(3-2016) This is everything that one would expect from a sweet, ripe mature Bordeaux vintage like 1982. Attractive perfume of leather, savory spices and dried violets with silky tanins. This medium bodied beauty is wonderfully drinkable now but the finish is modest rather than long. Best to drink now.

Features Château informations

Features

Vintage	1982
Rating	95-100
Classification	Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé
Region	Bordeaux
Appellation	Saint Julien
Colour	Red
Volume	0.75 l
Price	More than 300 €
Château	Gruaud Larose
Country	France

Château informations

Gruaud Larose

The Chateau Gruaud-Larose is a vineyard located in Saint-Julien-Beychevelle in Gironde. AOC Saint-Julien, it ranked second in the Grand Cru classification of 1855. The vineyards of Chateau Gruaud-Larose has a vine up to 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec. . The wine spends 16-18 months in oak barrels in fresh medium at 35%. . Vintages that have remained outstanding as at Gruaud-Larose, as throughout the Bordeaux region, including 1961, 1982, 1986 or 1989... This important field uniformity rare is located on 80 hectares of contiguous ridges of deep bass. They produce the most massive and most robust of the Saint-Julien, a wine of great class and very long-garde high until 1991 under the direction of Georges Pauli, who exalted his characteristic style in several successive owners. .