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  • 1982
  • Red
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
  • Saint-Julien
  • Medoc
  • Bordeaux
  • France
  • 750ml
Lot 51

1982 Chateau Gruaud Larose St Julien - 1 bottle(s)-750ml

Estimate: CAD$440 - CAD$650
Starting Bid
CAD$320
$235.29

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
CAD$0 CAD$20
CAD$500 CAD$50
CAD$1,000 CAD$100
CAD$2,000 CAD$200
CAD$3,000 CAD$250
CAD$5,000 CAD$500
CAD$10,000 CAD$1,000
CAD$20,000 CAD$2,000
CAD$50,000 CAD$5,000
CAD$100,000 CAD$10,000
This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 1982 Chateau Gruaud Larose St Julien - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $440 - $650 with a reserve of $320. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11766.

Condition

Please note the following conditions on the wine in the lot - In Neck.

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Longtime collector, the bottles have been stored in his wine cellar since their acquisition. The vast majority of the bottles were purchased at the SAQ.
1982 Chateau Gruaud Larose St Julien from this lot has the following scores - The Wine Advocate 98 points, Vinous 96 points. This is the tasting note for 1982 Chateau Gruaud Larose St Julien from Robert Parker - 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 is strongly marked by the presence of Brettanomyces, yet the 1982's intensely characterful, singular style means that I am personally able to overlook that defect. Still youthful, and actually evolving more slowly than the brilliant 1986, this is likely to number among the longer-lived wines of the vintage.