April 29, 2024 - Surprisingly this was everyone’s bottle of the night as it showed everything la mis can do and was better than the excellent 89 I had a few months ago
April 8, 2024 - Long cork, soaked halfway up, removed in two pieces with Durand opener. Very little sediment thrown. Excellent old Bordeaux, but not a memorable bottle. Guess I was expecting more. I prefer the 2003 Pape Clement over this Graves. Perhaps I just don't "get" '82 Bordeaux, or I expect too much
February 17, 2024 - Superb bottle.
February 11, 2024 - I coravined the wine but ended up drinking the whole bottle. On initial inspection the nose was supple with tertiary hints. First taste was somewhat acidic but over time the wine opened up and was pleasurable. It is not the 89 but I love this wine. I had it with filet in cast iron skillet with shallots, garlic and rosemary, caramelized onions, and lemon potatoes.
January 12, 2024 - Beautiful wine, particularly after 30 minutes in the glass. Most in tasting group thought '90's or even 2000.
December 13, 2023 - A Wednesday at Dave's place: This pours medium ruby in the glass with virtually no bricking. The nose is brooding and intense, quite youthful and builds over time to show hot rocks, violets, plums, fire pit, a vague touch of bandaid, charcoal, and wet clay. The palate feels more youthful than it's years entering on plum and cassis with medium tannin and medium acid. The finish is layered, deep and rich in a relative sense closing on peat smoke and plum tobacco. This is a wonderful wine. It doesn't have that wide open complexity one might seek out in older wines. It is more buttoned up and suave. The comparison that resonated around the table was that a wine poured earlier like the 1985 Pesquera was there in jean shorts and a tuxedo t-shirt ready to party, whereas this one showed up in the tailored suit.
December 11, 2023 - 3 hours decant. Excellent bottle. Full bodied and still going strong. Still some unresolved tannins and the wine should last at least another decade or two. Lots of tertiary nose including leather, tobacco and tar. Generally very earthy, typical of its terroir. Long finish.
October 19, 2023 - This example of the 1982 La Mission shows classic, unendingly deep cassis, plum, potpourri, mineral, and smoke notes on the palate though the nose has a prominent oystery sea breeze note which is unexpected and a tad off-putting.
September 5, 2023 - A stunning tasting experience that kicks off with a smoke-drenched perfume made even better by its tobacco leaf, wild cherry, tar, cherry, currant, herb and array of spices. Full, deep, concentrated, regal and intense, this is drinking great today. Drink from 2023-2047.
August 24, 2023 - A great example, from a bottle with mid-neck fill sourced from WineWatch. Deep ruby, no brown. Just slightly subdued aromas of light hickory smoke, raspberry and blackberry. Medium full, with all the hard and aggressive edges sanded off by time. Very elegant in La Mission Haut-Brion terms. In a gorgeous state of development.