An outstanding expression of Gevrey‑Chambertin terroir
Available in 2025
The wine is medium-bodied with smooth and supple tannins
tobacco leaf
A firm and silky wine with integrated tannins and cool
Chateau Gruaud-Larose, Saint-Julien, France 1982 Auxerrois An outstanding expression of Gevrey‑ChambertinA 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