1981 Château Gruaud Larose

Community Tasting Notes (111) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  9/18/2023 - RockinCabs wrote: 92 Points

  Same bottle as EC. To me, this showed really well. Classically Talbot of the era with loads of cedar, cassis, tobacco, funky mushroom and forest floor. Very nice personality, and surprising density and a nice briney squid ink note.

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  9/17/2023 - Purple Tooth wrote: 94 Points

  These are outstanding examples of fully mature Bordeaux wines that make you take it all in. When we talk about sensual wines, this is a sensual wine capable of filling a whole room with pungent scents of earth, clay, barnyard, beef ajus, coupled with that pretty dry potpourri and night flower ending. Really classy and debonaire, and a great example of a fine Bordeaux. Ready to drink, but not at risk. DRINK

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  9/17/2023 - englishman's claret wrote: 88 Points

  The 1981 Gruaud Larose is a pleasant surprise; the nose is a little low-key but it expands nicely on the palate with blackberry, squid ink, and black coffee. There’s a whisper of brett that is inconspicuous enough to avoid distracting. I’m surprised still to see so much tannin in the mouth; it’s not coarse or unpleasant, just surprising given the vintage (now age 42).

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  5/13/2023 - Echovineyards Likes this wine: 97 Points

  1981 Gruaud La Rose. We opened this 42 year old Bordeaux at a Mano restaurant,San Francisco with a Durand at Mike’s birthday celebration. John and Steven attended. The cork was 90% moist with one seepage spot. The wine exhibited some bricking but had an aromatic nose. The flavors were forward and fruity. Black currant, red raspberry, tobacco, leather, cassis and smoke dominated. The wine was medium bodied and very well balanced, slightly passed the peek of maturity. This was the most profound 81 tasted in years.

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  4/8/2023 - bucktooth22 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  42 year old bottle. Bloody color. On 👃 red fruits and secondary notes well balanced — ripe strawberries , wet forest floor, peppercorn, leather. On 👅 , dry, medium acidic, smooth tannins, strawberries & walnut.

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