round and caressing flavors that are blessed with good mid-palate fat
and a chewy load of tannins
silky but noticeable tannins
Robert Parker - A sleeper of the vintage
While I would have preferred to have seen more weight
Latour - 1982 (750ml) Size:750ml round and caressing flavors thatAlways 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,