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  • Country ranking ?

    837
  • Producer ranking ?

    7
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

The Gruaud Larose terroir is truly remarkable and unique. It is a single vineyard of 80 hectares with gravels from the Gironde estuary, dating from the Mindel Ist and Mindel IInd (about 700 000 years ago), and that in some places are over 18 feet deep. The soil is very poor and sandy, and therefore does not hold water. Drainage is one of the major concerns of a conscientious vine-grower.

It is also an important factor at Gruaud Larose where...

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Vintage 1982

1982 by James Suckling

The 1982 vintage in Bordeaux changed the world of wine and my life. It was the first vintage I tasted from barrel as a young wine writer working for the American magazine The Wine Spectator, and I was amazed at how magnificent the quality of a young red could be in barrel.

I remember the first barrel samples I tasted in the summer of 1983 at Château Prieuré-Lichine with the late wine author and winemaker Alexis Lic...

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Average Bottle Price

2015 2013 2010 2005
304€ +2.0% 298€ +7.2% 278€ +91.7% 145€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

Latest tasting notes

12 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Medium

ending

Medium and Harsh

nose

Intense and Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

High tannin, Vigor and Drying tannins

Written Notes

This is one of the most consistent wines of the vintage, the vast majority of times I've tasted this wine, it has been stunning. And this bottle was no exception! The wine is deep, concentrated and packed with ripe, powerful fruit and all the cigars you can smoke for a year. Dense, long and with the potential to age for decades, while not inexpensive, to taste a sublime Bordeaux of this quality and age, it is worth the bank.

  • 97p

Another beautiful nose, less effusive than the Leoville Las Cases, but better than most and showing a nice floral note along with the cedar, vanilla, earth and fruit. The wine starts slowly but builds on the palate, showing great balance and a lovely core of cherry fruit. Rich, ripe flavors. Nicely nuanced and great satin feel; the wine gives you a lot to think about. Surprisingly good stuff. Parker scored it 96 at his last tasting. I’ll go with 95.

  • 95p

Medium orange-garnet colour. Superb aromas: Prune, fig, cigar wood, Indian spices and touch of cured meat. Middle weight with a beautiful texture and elegantly balanced, long tobacco finish. Delicious wine. 94 points

  • 94p
Extreme crystals in the neck even, lots of sediments. Flirting nose, detailed, elegant, nuanced, refined, playful, floral, scented, red and darker fruits, minerals, leather, seductive as few, superb nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh, fruity, detailed, nuanced, elegant, layered, refreshing, red and dark fruits, forest floor, anise, anise, very long. 96
  • 96p
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Origin

St.Julien, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

None
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