Gruaud Larose 1982 750mL (Slightly Soiled Label) Size:750mL The wine’s dense ruby/purple color

The wine’s dense ruby/purple color is followed by notes of white chocolate

"From an iron-rich site just north of the Oakville Crossroad

Made in a more masculine style

this is a proprietary red of extraordinary quality and singularity

Gruaud Larose 1982 750mL (Slightly Soiled Label) Size:750mL The wine’s dense ruby/purple color"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 the wine's wild, somewhat animal profile