Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1982 Excellent appearance In original wooden caseimpériale (1) "Most recently still impressively deep and comparatively youthful; a well developed, sweet and harmonious bouquet. Mouthfilling, so much on show, so much left to show. last noted at the Reservere Tasting of '82 Pauillacs, April 2001 ****(*) Another effortless 20 years? MB, Vintage Wine Château Latour--Vintage 1982 Level: top shoulder; slightly damaged capsule In original wooden caseimpériale (1) "Most recently, emitting 'warm, ripe, cedary and redcurrant scents. Surprisingly sweet, very amenable despite its tannic grip. Delicious. Last noted at the La Réserve tasting, April 2001 ***(**) Twenty glorious years ahead." MB, Vintage Wine Château Mouton-Rothschild--Vintage 1982 Excellent appearance In original wooden caseimpériale (1) "Cassis, cedar, spice box, minerals, and vanillin are all present, but this opaque black/purple Pauillac has yet to reveal secondary nuances given its youthfulness. It exhibits huge tannin, unreal levels of glycerin and concentration, and spectacular sweetness and opulence. Nevertheless, it demands another decade of cellaring, and should age effortlessly for another seven or eight decades." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, #129 (June 2000) Château Margaux--Vintage 1982 Level: into neck; lightly glue stained label In original wooden caseimpériale (1) "Most recently, at the second Wagner tasting: very fragrant, hot-vintage scent; sweeter than the '83, high alcohol, extract and a very dry, tannic finish. Last tasted Nov 2000 ***(**) Long life." MB, Vintage Wine Château Haut Brion--Vintage 1982 Level: into neck; excellent appearance In original wooden caseimpériale (1) "... the 1982 revealed a healthy dark ruby color with lightening at the edge. Intense, persistent aromas of saddle leather, roasted herbs, scorched earth, and sweet black currant fruit were followed by complex flavors of minerals, spice box, and cedar. Although this medium-bodied, fleshy, ripe, concentrated wine is not a blockbuster, as it unfolds, it reveals layers of flavor in addition to this vineyard's tell-tale complexity."" Anticipated maturity: 2002-2020. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #129 (Jun 2000) Château Cheval Blanc--Vintage 1982 Level: top shoulder; signs of seepageimpériale (1) "A gorgeously sweet entry displays flavors of caramel, roasted coffee, jammy red and black fruits, coconut, and smoke. It is fat and full-bodied, with considerable tannin, structure, and muscle in the finish. Flamboyantly rich and precocious early in life, it is going through an awkward stage where the tannin is present, but it is also sexy, juicy, and formidably-structured." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #129 (Jun 2000) Château Ausone--Vintage 1982 Level: into neck; excellent appearance In original wooden caseimpériale (1) "An impressive magnum, full of fruit, tasting of 'autumn leaves and brown paper (which is how I recognize Ausone) at Kaplan's '82s dinner (1997); delicious, drinking well (New York, later the same year). Most recently, also in New York, very attractive. Last tasted May 1999 **** Drink whenever it suits you." MB, Vintage Wine Château Pétrus--Vintage 1982 Level: into neck; damp stained label, capsule cut, vintage stamped château corkimpériale (1) "For long one of the stars of the saleroom, and one can see why Most recently, at Kaplan's '82s dinner, with noisettes of Virginia lamb, by now less deep in colour; bouquet fully evolved and justly deserving about every praise one could heap upon it. Last tasted April 1997 ***** Life everlasting." MB, Vintage Wine Château d'Yquem--Vintage 1982 Excellent appearance In original wooden caseimpériale (1) "This vintage, seriously maligned because of the rains that plagued the harvest in Sauternes, was actually an outstanding vintage for both Yquem and its nearby neighbor, Chateau Suduiraut, which brought in much of their crops before the rains did any damage. Yquem then waited until the vineyards dried out, bringing in their last grapes on November 7. The 1982 is a very forward style of Yquem, plump, succulent, with honeyed pineapple, peach, and apricot flavors, exhibiting some, but not a great deal of botrytis. In the mouth, it is massive, thick, and almost as impressive as the 1983, but one does not sense the same degree of length or potential complexity. Nevertheless, this is still a great Yquem that has been somewhat overlooked because of the attention lavished on the 1983 and 1986. Anticipated maturity: Now-2020. Last tasted, 12/90." Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book, 3rd ed. (1998)