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Château La Tour Haut-Brion Graves Red Bordeaux Blend 1982
This wine appears to be on steroids. The color is a dense opaque purple. The bouquet offers up notes of chocolate, espresso beans, smoke, iron, earth, and copious quantities of black jammy fruit. Thick, intense, succulent, full-bodied, and powerful, it remains 7-8 years away from full maturity. It should last 30+ years. An amazing accomplishment, the 1982 La Tour-Haut-Brion is the last profound wine produced at this estate... Robert Parker
Ratings on Delectable
"Odedi" 
#AgedWineTuesday Dark brown/ ruby in color with a wide brick rim. On the nose blackberries, plums, oak, earth, vegetables, wet leaves, herbs, black pepper, forest floor and light metals. Medium plus in body with medium acidity. Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, oak, light vanilla, spices, dark chocolates, coffee, earth, tobacco leaf, vegetable and black pepper. Short finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries. I'm pretty sure I would have liked it much better 10 years ago, but this 40 year old Bordeaux is still drinking very nicely. So nice to see that. I did not decant it, and it didn't last for more than an hour. After 15 minutes of airtime, tannins show up and bring more structure to the wine. This gem is from the great 1982 vintage, and drinking these kind of wines is always a great experience. It's like a history book in a glass. Thank you John for sharing this with me. Really enjoyed it by itself, and paired very nicely with a stinky Camembert cheese. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Aged in French oak barrels for over a year. 12% alcohol by volume. 91 points. $500.
#AgedWineTuesday Dark brown/ ruby in color with a wide brick rim. On the nose blackberries, plums, oak, earth, vegetables, wet leaves, herbs, black pepper, forest floor and light metals. Medium plus in body with medium acidity. Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, oak, light vanilla, spices, dark chocolates, coffee, earth, tobacco leaf, vegetable and black pepper. Short finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries. I'm pretty sure I would have liked it much better 10 years ago, but this 40 year old Bordeaux is still drinking very nicely. So nice to see that. I did not decant it, and it didn't last for more than an hour. After 15 minutes of airtime, tannins show up and bring more structure to the wine. This gem is from the great 1982 vintage, and drinking these kind of wines is always a great experience. It's like a history book in a glass. Thank you John for sharing this with me. Really enjoyed it by itself, and paired very nicely with a stinky Camembert cheese. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Aged in French oak barrels for over a year. 12% alcohol by volume. 91 points. $500.
9.1David Goldmuntz
Saved one bottle out of the case for the long haul. By far the best one.
Saved one bottle out of the case for the long haul. By far the best one.
9.8
Ron Siegel
This was a dead ringer for La Mission HB with lots of dark fruits, cedar, leather, smoke, graphite & tobacco.
This was a dead ringer for La Mission HB with lots of dark fruits, cedar, leather, smoke, graphite & tobacco.
9.5Ron Siegel
My favorite vintage for this wine showing it’s power, intensity & tannin structure. Sweet black fruits, plum, tar, asphalt, mineral, licorice, mint & cigar ash. Last vintage 05 & now part of La Mission HB.
My favorite vintage for this wine showing it’s power, intensity & tannin structure. Sweet black fruits, plum, tar, asphalt, mineral, licorice, mint & cigar ash. Last vintage 05 & now part of La Mission HB.
9.5
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