1982 Bordeaux

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Tasted Friday, November 11, 2022 by galewskj with 118 views

Introduction

This was a bit of a stone soup theme, because I suggested we do 1982 bordeaux but all I had was a Sociando Mallet. At least I brought a cristal to make up for it. My wine of the night was 1982 La Mission Haut Brion which was a hair above the 1982 Lafite. Epic.

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 1982 Château Sociando-Mallet 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc

    Pop and pour, drank a good-sized glass over 2 hours. Cedar and cherry are evident. Lots of earth. Surprisingly good texture for this age,. Really well-integrated while still being quite lively. This hasn't fallen off the cliff yet but I wouldn't wait too long. My last bottle.

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  • 1982 Château Calon-Ségur Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    Likely heat damaged. Maderized. It actually smoothed out and was drinkable with a delicious wild mushroom soup, but clearly flawed.

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 1982 Château Lynch-Bages 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Decanted about 45 minutes, drank a good-sized glass over 3 hours. Lovely red to black fruit, graphite and tobacco. Cedar, some plum, the finish ends slightly sour.

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  • 1982 Château Montrose 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    Pop and drank, drank a good-sized glass over 2 hours. Scorched earth, slight iodine, bordeaux funk. This was a fantastic fully mature bordeaux

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Flight 4 (3 Notes)

  • 1982 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 97 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Decanted about an hour. OMG! Very brambly with some funky vegetation. There is some tar, fruit is accessible, quite gravelly in minerality on the nose and palate.

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  • 1982 Château Haut-Brion 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Decanted about an hour. Blue fruit is evident, which I always seem to get from Haut Brion. A touch of rubber, meat, mocha, black currant and tobacco. Quite outstanding.

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  • 1982 Château Lafite Rothschild 97 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Decanted about an hour. This was a bonus bottle, served blind. The label was unrecognizable to me from mold and being bin-soiled. This took a good hour in glass to get going and was a bit challenging initially. Which was an odd situation since I didn't know what it was. It really smoothed out with time and was in the running for wine of the night in my opinion. Elegant, soft bordeaux palate with leather and funk. My score went from 92 to 97 while evaluating it.

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