12 bottles per lot
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Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste--Vintage 1982
Pauillac, 5me cru classé
Damp-stained and bin-soiled labels. Levels into neck
Tasting Note: Once again masses of notes because I bought several cases for home drinking and entertaining. As always, enormously impressive in cask but a slow developer. I rather regret drinking mine too early. The few bottles I have left will probably see me out. The most recent notes made at tastings: crisp, taut, long term (Brussels 1996). The oldest vintage, a bottle from my own cellar at Grand-Puy-Lacoste vertical at Christie's masterclass (March 2000): showing well, impressively dense appearance; beautiful bouquet (though Daphne unkindly added to my notes 'like a dodgy Figeac's). Lots of fruit and flesh, but I have to admit drying before its full blossoming. Most recently: still very deep; not yet fully developed, tannic. Demands food. Last tasted April 2002 ***(*) A pity, none left in my cellar. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
Pauillac, 5me cru classé
Damp-stained and bin-soiled labels. Levels into neck
Tasting Note: Once again masses of notes because I bought several cases for home drinking and entertaining. As always, enormously impressive in cask but a slow developer. I rather regret drinking mine too early. The few bottles I have left will probably see me out. The most recent notes made at tastings: crisp, taut, long term (Brussels 1996). The oldest vintage, a bottle from my own cellar at Grand-Puy-Lacoste vertical at Christie's masterclass (March 2000): showing well, impressively dense appearance; beautiful bouquet (though Daphne unkindly added to my notes 'like a dodgy Figeac's). Lots of fruit and flesh, but I have to admit drying before its full blossoming. Most recently: still very deep; not yet fully developed, tannic. Demands food. Last tasted April 2002 ***(*) A pity, none left in my cellar. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
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