this Champagne-method sparkler is a stellar value for the money
tobacco leaf
An outstanding expression of Gevrey‑Chambertin terroir
Precise and super-clean finish
fine finish
Chateau Gruaud-Larose, Saint-Julien, France 1982 Auxerrois this Champagne-method sparkler is aA massive wine that is clearly of first growth quality in this vintage, the 1982 Gruaud Larose remains a youngster. A broodingly dense, thick, unctuously textured, inky plum garnet purple color offers up scents of beef blood, steak tartare, cassis, herbs, tobacco, and underbrush. One of the most concentrated wines of the vintage (as well as one of the most concentrated Bordeauxs I have ever tasted), it is a huge, full bodied, weighty, rich wine whose