Here too the wood treatment is subtle yet just prominent enough to warrant pointing out on the cool
cedar and dried rose petals
This has all of Noval's typical grace and elegance while the complexity level is nicely above average
Interestingly this is even spicier with its own very broad array of spice elements that seemingly change with each whiff of the markedly ripe nose
cassis and earth aromas
Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 A000001438 Here too the wood treatmentA 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