1982 (A vintage dream)

Hotel Jean Jacques Rousseau, La Neuveville, lake Biel, Restaurant des Bains, Avenches, Switzerland
Tasted Thursday, April 21, 2022 - Saturday, April 23, 2022 by fc1910 with 438 views

Introduction

Maybe one of the last, rare chances to taste this great vintage,

went from my hometown Hamburg in a first step some 600 KM to my beloved Riesling dry county, the Nahe, said hello at some places, restaurant Hermannshöhle, Niederhausen,
Dönnhoff, Oberhausen,
Schäfer-Fröhlich, Bockenau
Schneider, Niederhausen,
Schneider Bad Sobernheim

Started early on friday morning to make it some 450 Km to lake Biel, Switzerland for the 1982 semester rehearsal

Great ride with my Mustang GT 5,0 through Kasseler Berge on my beloved UNLIMITED GERMAN Autobahn,
one of the last adventures for none woke mankind!

As I am a real Nordic Man, need my river Elbe, the salty winds of North and Baltic Sea, but I can enjoy some days at the mountains too!

Therefore a ride to Switzerland is highly recommended!

Great locations at Lake Biel at Rousseau hotel and restaurant, as well as the following night at Avenches,
some two dozen wine freaks, mostly swiss citizens, but some half dozen Germans too!

Organized and moderated by the swiss wine "pope", Rene Gabriel , a warm and always in a good mood wine friend and "entertainer".

The wine tastings with RG at Switzerland are always held in a very relaxed atmosphere,
this is what a wine nerd like me is searching for, meet the people, have some great days/nights and discussions!

Flight 1 - Some 1982 bottles from other destinations (4 Notes)

Hotel Rousseau:
tasted with beef fillet Carpaccio and truffles

Flight 2 - Warm up Bordeaux round 1 (6 Notes)

Tasted with something with asparagus, puff pastry and morels

Flight 3 - Some 1982 Bordeaux high lights (5 Notes)

Paired with a Beef Entrecôte

  • 1982 Château Malescot St. Exupéry 87 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    (4/22/2022)

    Fine nose, very smooth showing, lacking some punch, although very balanced and elegant, with berries, barnyard, tobacco, a little short finish

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  • 1982 Château Meyney 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    (4/22/2022)

    One of my favs Bourgeois Crus,
    a "little" Montrose in a good vintage,
    as nearly always an earthy showing, still some rough tannin, tar, saddleleather, meaty, very lively showing, good + length, but rough the finish, very good bottle

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  • 1982 Château Talbot 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    (4/22/2022)

    One, maybe the best bottle ever, I had my whole wine Life from Talbot, very delicate showing all the way, some red and black berries in the background, great structure while swallowing, mint, cedar, a perfect Saint Julien bottle, great long finish

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  • 1982 Château Gruaud Larose 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    (4/22/2022)

    The most impressive wine of this flight,
    blind would have talked about an maybe 2000 or 2005,
    this power still,
    firm with great cassis nose and palate, tobacco leafs, mineral core, really great structure, very, very long aftertaste, a monument of Saint-Julien!

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  • 1982 Château Léoville Las Cases 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

    (4/22/2022)

    Another perfect bottle, but this is so young, very young right now, this tannin bite on the palate, ripe tannin, full load of cassis fruit, wait another decade or open this one the night before with a decent decant!
    ***(*-*****), around 95,96(+) potential
    95 for tonight

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Flight 4 - First night greater name Saint-Emilion bottles (5 Notes)

Paired all this bottles with some delicious Swiss cheese plate

  • 1982 Château La Gaffelière 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    (4/22/2022)

    This one is compared to the predecessor bottles more on the light side of Bordeaux,
    very , very elegant, but for me a little too light,
    maybe it is the competition problem right here tonight

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  • 1982 Château Magdelaine 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    (4/22/2022)

    Showing more power and structure than the Gaffeliere,
    needs enormous aeration, very herbal palate, not to mention the great swiss Ricola candy feeling, very good length

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  • 1982 Château Figeac 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    (4/22/2022)

    Another really great bottle,
    clearly CF driven, fresh red berrys, stunning vibrant supporting acid, that young appearance still, firm and full of power, great bottle

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  • 1982 Château Ausone

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    (4/22/2022)

    This is a "problem"bottle again,
    full of creamy barrel hints, but lacking charm and greatness,
    more than less stubborn and blocked,
    no rating

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  • 1982 Château Cheval Blanc 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    (4/22/2022)

    this bottle is showing all the greatness of a A classified bottle,
    the magic words for this bottle are:
    balance and finesse, enough said!

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Flight 5 - Amuses geules (2 Notes)

  • 1982 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 99 Points

    France, Champagne

    (4/23/2022)

    From perfect MAG!
    Honestly would kill for this one........,
    this ultra lively appearance, deep as the Mariana trench in the pacific ocean, a basket full of delicious nuts, great finesse like flow over the mid palate,
    as RG served the last sips for the ladies present, I really decided to discover my woke, feminine side of personality,
    did not work, the rest of this bottle only for REAL ladies! ;-)

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  • 1982 Château Laville Haut-Brion Blanc

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    (4/23/2022)

    nutty, very oily, dense and showing some mirabelles fruit, but not for me tonight, no rating

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Flight 6 - Margaux 1982 (5 Notes)

Greater pairing with food tonight!

Carpaccio de bouef fume terrine de foie gras en manteau de pistache

  • 1982 Château Bel Air-Marquis d'Aligre

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    (4/23/2022)

    very lean showing,
    some leather hints, "stingy", green finish, puh,
    no rating

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  • 1982 Château Ferrière

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    (4/23/2022)

    much better showing than the starting bottle from >Margaux,
    some elegant flow, mineral hints, good finish,
    but the best time of this chateau is NOW!

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  • 1982 Château Lascombes 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    (4/23/2022)

    From a perfect Magnum,
    this bottle is in its fruit phase still,
    lovely cassis while swallowing, firm, deep and with stunning structure due to the refined tannin, long+

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  • 1982 Château Palmer

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    (4/23/2022)

    A lot of finesse here, red berry fruit, but somewhat lacking, think this bottle is not in the very best condition,

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  • 1982 Château Margaux 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    (4/23/2022)

    All you are waiting for from this one,
    among the leading pack of this evening,
    finesse like flow of cedar, tobacco leaves and a full load of ripe cassis fruit, very long and with good acid mouthfeel and resolved tannin,

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Flight 7 - Pauillac/ Pessac/ mixted 1982 (5 Notes)

Paired with

Creme d´asperge suisse ris-de-veau et jambon cru

Flight 8 - Greater Pauillac (5 Notes)

Tasted with

Cote de Pork "Grand Cru" au miel et poivre noir

  • 1982 Château Haut-Bages Libéral 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    (4/23/2022)

    Fresh showing, good cassis on the palate, firm still, crisp, a little short maybe, but good+ bottle

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  • 1982 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    (4/23/2022)

    Hmmmmm, another bottle with this fine mature finesse, creamy tobacco from cuba, a real velvety long finish

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  • 1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    (4/23/2022)

    Here we are again,
    Mouton is NOT delivering on this evening,
    at first the Jeroboam of Mouton Phillipe....., now this one,

    something like a choco-banana split icecream with a lot of oxy tones,
    bad bottle

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  • 1982 Château Latour Grand Vin 98 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    (4/23/2022)

    From a perfect bottle,
    ultra refined, still demanding but ripe, fine tannin structure,
    would recommend to decant this one some more hours before enjoying,
    or just wait another decade+,
    a very feminine showing for an Chateau Latour,
    one of the best bottles of this two days

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  • 1982 Château Lynch-Bages 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    (4/23/2022)

    The next very good, convincing bottle,
    from MAG here again,
    very fresh appearance, graphite, fine mineral core, delicate dark cassis fruit,
    not quite as good as the Latour, but also top bottle

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Flight 9 - Pomerol, SIC! (5 Notes)

Cheeeeeeese, again!

  • 1982 Château Bourgneuf-Vayron 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (4/23/2022)

    First Pomerol of this evening,
    creamy sweet fruit flow, tasty cranberry, delicate finish, very long, very good bottle here

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  • 1982 Vieux Château Certan 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (4/23/2022)

    Enormous tannin structure, ripe, delicious dark fruit, tannin demanding still, powerful finish, very convincing bottle

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  • 1982 Pétrus 99 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (4/23/2022)

    Lucky folks we are,
    a lot of not really perfect bottles during these two days, but the ones everybody is waiting for are mostly in a perfect condition,
    same here,
    what a nose, perfumed, sweet, delicious forest berries in the nose,
    deep, deep , deep, but not the massive bid handed sword,
    no......, this bottle is a florett!
    Feminine powerful,, finesse like flow, very long and creamy, some strawberry hints..... really, opulent, great finish

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  • 1982 Château La Grave Trigant De Boiset 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves

    (4/23/2022)

    Never seen this label before, from MAG,
    a huge wine with fine opulence, tasty plums, herbs all the way, chocolates, creamy very long aftertaste

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  • 1982 Château Petit Village Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    (4/23/2022)

    Next MAG,
    and next oxy bottle one!

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Flight 10 - Sauternes (3 Notes)

Cigare au chocolat et glace Koa

  • 1982 Château Filhot 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    (4/23/2022)

    First of three from Sauternes,
    candied fruit, dense still, tasty with an elegant long finish,
    but the two that followed..........

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  • 1982 Château Suduiraut Crème de Tête Cru Classe 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    (4/23/2022)

    This is one of only three vintages bottled as "Creme de Tete",
    perfect bottle,
    this elegant showing, fist in gloves, nutty, deep and ultra fresh, still young showing, great bottle

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  • 1982 Château d'Yquem 98 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    (4/23/2022)

    Another perfect bottle,
    Creme Brulee in the nose,
    dancing the waltz on the palate,
    concentration, delicious orange peel, intensive, very long finish,
    perfect finish of two impressive days at Switzerland!

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Flight 11 - Other wines from Thursday to Sunday (2 Notes)

  • 1982 Château Mouton-Baronne-Philippe en hommage à Pauline Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    (4/23/2022)

    A Mouton Baron Philippe from Jereboam, planned as the table wine on the second evening,
    really flawed,
    wet dog fur, eyeyey......, what a pity

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  • 2009 Château Haut-Batailley 90 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    (4/23/2022)

    Chosed as new table wine from RG,
    compared to the 1982 bottles this is a carribean fruit cocktail!
    and...... you can see the difference Monsieur Parker brought to Bordeaux!
    very good structure, improves with aeration, but in this context "out of place", **(*- +?), around 90(+) potential

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