TN: 1982 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:26 am
1982 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste (Pauillac)
Still dark red with slightest hints of brown edging. Excellent colour for age. Nose is massive cassis, cedar, oak and graphite. Classic Pauillac and still very unevolved. Enormous changes over two hours: from primary to complex, sweet. Great stuff. Palate is still big and powerful. Deep core of rich fruit. Needs more time, at least 5 years to my palate. Standout feature is long length, which differentiates itself from Aussie cabernet (often, correction, nearly always, lacking a killer length). Fine but solid tannins wrap the wine, a lovely counterpoint to the tight and focussed dark fruits. Will be superb in time and far superior to the 85 Grand-Puy-Lacoste had in March 2005, which was very good and I liked. An exemplification of the contradictory: power yet grace. Purely delineated.
94/100
Still dark red with slightest hints of brown edging. Excellent colour for age. Nose is massive cassis, cedar, oak and graphite. Classic Pauillac and still very unevolved. Enormous changes over two hours: from primary to complex, sweet. Great stuff. Palate is still big and powerful. Deep core of rich fruit. Needs more time, at least 5 years to my palate. Standout feature is long length, which differentiates itself from Aussie cabernet (often, correction, nearly always, lacking a killer length). Fine but solid tannins wrap the wine, a lovely counterpoint to the tight and focussed dark fruits. Will be superb in time and far superior to the 85 Grand-Puy-Lacoste had in March 2005, which was very good and I liked. An exemplification of the contradictory: power yet grace. Purely delineated.
94/100