2 bottles per lot
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Lying in Twickenham, Middlesex (EHD)
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1982
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Excellent appearance. Levels into neck
Tasting Note: Although not tasted prior to 1985, even at that stage I gave it, unhesitatingly, a potential 5 stars. Roughly two dozen notes spread evenly over the years since. One thing is certain; it is not a delicate wallflower. Over the 1980s, the Lafite bouquet developed beautifully. At Penning-Roswell's '10-year' first growth tasting it was still markedly deep, intense; nose spicy, quite powerful, nowhere near levelling off. The most detailed and useful notes were made at three subsequent comparative tastings of first growths. What has been apparent is the closeness in depth and quality. At Kalpan's 1982 evening in Chicago in 1997, it was well evolved with an extraordinary flavour, full of fruit, fragrant. At Rodenstock's wine weekend in 1998, 'tasted blind', it seemed high-toned and crisp, half a point below the other first growth Médocs, its length and fragrance a major feature at a mixed tasting of '82s in Hamburg (March 2000). Most recently, double decanted and served 5 hours later: still deep and velvety, with a virtually opaque core; the bouquet already aroused and holding its fragrance; medium-sweet, delicious flavour and persistence. Tamed tannins. Last noted Dec 2004 ****(*) M.B.
2 bottles per lot
Lying in Twickenham, Middlesex (EHD)
Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1982
Pauillac, 1er cru classé
Excellent appearance. Levels into neck
Tasting Note: Although not tasted prior to 1985, even at that stage I gave it, unhesitatingly, a potential 5 stars. Roughly two dozen notes spread evenly over the years since. One thing is certain; it is not a delicate wallflower. Over the 1980s, the Lafite bouquet developed beautifully. At Penning-Roswell's '10-year' first growth tasting it was still markedly deep, intense; nose spicy, quite powerful, nowhere near levelling off. The most detailed and useful notes were made at three subsequent comparative tastings of first growths. What has been apparent is the closeness in depth and quality. At Kalpan's 1982 evening in Chicago in 1997, it was well evolved with an extraordinary flavour, full of fruit, fragrant. At Rodenstock's wine weekend in 1998, 'tasted blind', it seemed high-toned and crisp, half a point below the other first growth Médocs, its length and fragrance a major feature at a mixed tasting of '82s in Hamburg (March 2000). Most recently, double decanted and served 5 hours later: still deep and velvety, with a virtually opaque core; the bouquet already aroused and holding its fragrance; medium-sweet, delicious flavour and persistence. Tamed tannins. Last noted Dec 2004 ****(*) M.B.
2 bottles per lot
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The estimate for this lot is 1200-1400.