cassis and earth aromas
dazzling Cabernet Sauvignon
This moderately powerful effort is shaped by dense but fine tannins and is a wine that should amply repay extended cellaring
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
Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 A000001438 cassis and earth aromasA 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