Latour - 1982 (750ml) Size:750ml cardamom and clove

cardamom and clove

Long finish

this monumental effort is more structured than their outstanding 2003

I clearly underrated this wine from barrel

Latour - 1982 (750ml) Size:750ml cardamom and cloveAlways somewhat atypical (which I suspect will be the case with the more modern day 2003), the 1982 Latour has been the most opulent, flamboyant, and precocious of the northern Medocs, especially the St. Juliens, Pauillacs, and St. Estephes. It hasnt changed much over the last 10 15 years, revealing sweet tannins as well as extraordinarily decadent, even extravagant levels of fruit, glycerin, and body. It is an amazing wine, and on several occasions,