Robert Parker - A sleeper of the vintage
with an expansive bouquet of plums
While I would have preferred to have seen more weight
and toasty barrique are found in this ripe
Latour - 1982 (750ml) Size:750ml Robert Parker - A sleeperAlways somewhat atypical (which I suspect will be the case with the more modern day 2003), the 1982 Latour has been the most opulent, flamboyant, and precocious of the northern Medocs, especially the St. Juliens, Pauillacs, and St. Estephes. It hasnt changed much over the last 10 15 years, revealing sweet tannins as well as extraordinarily decadent, even extravagant levels of fruit, glycerin, and body. It is an amazing wine, and on several occasions,