Gruaud Larose - 1982 (750ml) Red Even from barrel the seamless

Even from barrel the seamless 1989 La Mission revealed a special elixir aspect

The 2005 exhibits a gorgeous thick-looking

Toasty chocolate

and I suspect it will stay at this level for another 10-15 years

The 1989 displays a dark ruby color that is already beginning to reveal significant lightening at the edge

Gruaud Larose - 1982 (750ml) Red Even from barrel the seamlessA 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