growing up
and ample minerality for a village level lieu-dit
white flowers and some freshly grated nutmeg
It is always the lighter and more feminine of the two Holocene wines
it doesn’t get much more classic than Bordeaux
Château Gruaud Larose - Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) 1982 (750ml) Orgnaic growing upCritical Acclaim 96 points Wine Advocate One of the most powerful, massive wines of the vintage is the 1982 Gruaud Larose, a full bodied, broad and concentrated effort redolent of ripe black fruits, loamy soil, smoked meats, leather, espresso roast and hints of cigar wrapper. Rich, layered and expansive, its deep core of ripe, fleshy fruit is framed by sweet, powdery tannins. As ever with the wines of the Cordier era, the fly in the ointment is that