Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 (US Label) Victoria weight and power to the

weight and power to the medium weight plus flavors that brim with mouth coating dry extract that buffers well the firm tannic spine on the strikingly long finish

The color is an opaque purple

Cut from the same mold as other Cuvee Madames

Joe Wender

Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 (US Label) Victoria weight and power to theA 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