Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982

Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982A 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

The caressing and wonderfully vibrant medium-bodied flavors possess better mid-palate density before concluding in a lingering

There is fine volume to the exceptionally rich medium weight flavors that possess a seductive mid-palate that delivers fine depth and length on the balanced finish

A broodingly dense

The succulent and impressively concentrated flavors are almost viscous as well as highly seductive

full-bodied

unctuously textured

The 1993 Cabernet Sauvignon Herb Lamb Vineyard (which has been bottled and will be released in 1996) should turn out to be one of the most exceptional wines of the vintage

this is quite aromatically similar to the Combottes save for more floral nuances

savory herbs

which is common among the 2012 and 2013 Bordeaux varietals in Napa

earth and game that exhibits discreet floral top notes that are trimmed in discreet wood nuances

This isn't quite as floral as the Amoureuses but it's even spicier with its purple fruit