Latour - 1982 (High Shoulder) (750ml) Dewasansan Rice International Review of Spirits Award

International Review of Spirits Award

stretching his hands over the bottles of Spatlese and Auslese lined up on the table

baked apple and toffee

Silver Medal - 90 pts

4% Barley - proofandwood

Latour - 1982 (High Shoulder) (750ml) Dewasansan Rice International Review of Spirits AwardAlways 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,