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1982 Château Latour Grand Vin

Red Bordeaux Blend

  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Médoc
  • Pauillac
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  • Cailles wrote: 95 points

    April 21, 2024 - My first encounter with this legend. Tasted double blind. This bottle was complex, superbly balanced and offered a lot of drinking pleasure, despite still showing young. However, this bottle in this setting didn’t have the je-ne-sais-qua-factor you would expect from a legend and that ultra-classic Latour profile, which in my head usually defines what Bordeaux is or should be. Still, this was a very good wine and has decades to go.

    TN: Expressive, intense nose with lots of minerality, red and dark fruit, some minty/eucalyptus notes, hints of tobacco. Elegant, aromatically balanced, inviting. Same flavor profile with more layers of minerality on the palate, as well as some spices. Hardly any tertiary aromas. Quite complex and well-defined. Good attack and great mid-palate weight. Fine, elegant structure with a wall of fine tannins, perfectly integrated medium+ acidity, a fine/melty texture and an overall good balance.

    Decanted: decanted for 2h, consumed out of the bottle 2h later. The person bringing the wine said that the wine was better without the decant.

    1 person found this helpful Comment

  • dbenglis Likes this wine: 94 points

    April 20, 2024 - Initial nose was a bit off putting. I allowed the wine to open up in a decanter for about an hour. The wine just needed to breath. Excellent bottle. Drinking well now. This particular bottle did not have the complexity in the tertiary notes compared to Lafitte of the same year. I realize this observation could be attributed to bottle variability and I also do not have other experiences with this particular vintage.

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  • aquacongas Likes this wine: 99 points

    March 29, 2024 - blind
    Very fresh, still primary notes, in perfect shape. 99-100

    2 people found this helpful Comment

  • sdr Likes this wine: 93 points

    February 17, 2024 - A very fine ‘82 Bordeaux but does not reach the usual heights of this contender for wine of the vintage. Nevertheless it is softly fragrant. Very mature. Not as ripe or classic as it can be. Possibly suboptimal storage at some point although the bottle looked good with a neck joint level and good color.

    1 person found this helpful Comment

  • bordeauxmartini Likes this wine: 100 points

    February 16, 2024 - Magical wine and a dream to try arguably the greatest wine from a mythical vintage. Still full of life. Black fruit and some tertiary characteristics. It has everything and will go on for another 50 years. If you can get your hands on a perfectly stored bottle, don’t miss this.

    2 people found this helpful Comment
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Decanter

  • By Georgina Hindle
    Bordeaux 1982 revisited, 8/26/2023 (link)

    (Château Latour, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.

  • By Georgina Hindle
    Bordeaux 1982 horizontal, 5/28/2023 (link)

    (Château Latour, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.

JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    9/21/2020 (link)

    (Ch Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.

  • By Alistair Cooper MW
    2/26/2020 (link)

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View From the Cellar

  • By John Gilman
    Jan/Feb 2020, Issue #85, Catching Up With the 1982 Bordeaux Vintage As It Closes In On Its Fortieth Birthday

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JebDunnuck.com

  • By Jeb Dunnuck
    Up From The Cellar #5 & Misc New Releases, 3/27/2019 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Neal Martin
    In Excelsis: Château Latour 1887 – 2010 (Jul 2018), 7/18/2018 (link)

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View From the Cellar

  • By John Gilman
    Sep/Oct 2017, Issue #71, Château Latour Bordeaux’s Longest-Lived First Growth

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Decanter

  • By Jane Anson
    Decanter.com tastings, 10/11/2016 (link)

    (Château Latour, Pauillac, Red) Subscribe to see review text.

Vinous

  • By Antonio Galloni
    Cellar Favorite: 1982 Château Latour (Mar 2016), 3/1/2016 (link)

    (Latour Latour) Subscribe to see review text.

  • By Antonio Galloni
    Vinous Table: Rusty Staub Charity Dinner, New York (Dec 2015), 12/1/2015 (link)

    (Latour Latour (magnum)) Subscribe to see review text.

JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    11/29/2013 (link)

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    1982 Bordeaux in Hong Kong, 5/31/2012

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    12/12/2011 (link)

    (Ch Latour Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    10/15/2010 (link)

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    From the East, 9/16/2010

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  • By John Kapon
    Latour at Latour, 12/7/2009

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    9/17/2009 (link)

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  • By Rachel Shaughnessy
    7/7/2009 (link)

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    Wolfgang in Hong Kong, 10/9/2008

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    8/15/2007 (link)

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    1982 Bordeaux Retrospective at Age 25, 5/20/2007

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  • By John Kapon
    Mt. Sinai Benefit, 3/9/2007

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  • By John Kapon
    Latour Mouton Retrospectives, 6/30/2006

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  • By John Kapon
    Petrus and La Tache, 12/9/2005

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    11/16/2005 (link)

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    Summer Tasting Group News, 8/22/2005

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  • By John Kapon
    Hanging with Mr. Parker and Mr. Squires in Baltimore and D.C, 2/21/2005

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  • By John Kapon
    Dom Perignon, 12 Angry Men, Auction Lunch and a Holiday Party, 12/13/2004

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    5/5/2003 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    7/15/2002 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103 (link)

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    6/28/2002 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    12/14/2001 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Neal Martin
    A Century of Bordeaux: The Twos (Sep 2022) (link)

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RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    10/25/2003 (link) 97 points

    (Château Latour Grand Vin) Chateau Latour Vertical with Robert Parker and Latour's Frederic Engerer: Subtle cedar and coffee nose; lovely, graceful, sandalwood palate, still high in acid, with resolved tannins; long finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    3/20/2003 (link) 96 points

    (Château Latour Grand Vin) 1982 Bordeaux Tasting - 1st Growths & Super Seconds (Los Angeles, California): Minty, youthful, herbal nose; gorgeous, elegant, well-structured, cedar, cassis palate that adds coffee flavors with time and the glass; long finish, showing a little menthol

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1982
  • Type Red
  • Producer Château Latour
  • Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
  • Designation Grand Vin
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • SubRegion Médoc
  • Appellation Pauillac
  • UPC Codes 263998504855, 3700218209871, 3700266223010, 412950111823, 639737601138

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 126 (2%)
  • In Cellars 6,086 (73%)
  • Consumed 2,080 (25%)

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