Beschreibung:

A MARVELLOUS PRIVATE COLLECTION OF TOP-QUALITY 1982 CLARET Lying London, E.16 Offered duty-paid, but available in bond Offered in original wooden cases Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1982 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Lot 40 in original tissues. Levels into neck. Lot 41 nine in original tissues, one label loose. Levels base of neck or better In original wooden cases Tasting Note: Although not tasted prior to 1985, even at that stage I gave it, unhesitatingly, a potential 5 stars. Roughly two dozen notes spread evenly over the years since. One thing is certain; it is not a delicate wallflower. Over the 1980s, the Lafite bouquet developed beautifully. At Penning-Roswell's '10-year' first growth tasting it was still markedly deep, intense; nose spicy, quite powerful, nowhere near levelling off. The most detailed and useful notes were made at three subsequent comparative tastings of first growths. What has been apparent is the closeness in depth and quality. At Kalpan's 1982 evening in Chicago in 1997, it was well evolved with an extraordinary flavour, full of fruit, fragrant. At Rodenstock's wine weekend in 1998, 'tasted blind', it seemed high-toned and crisp, half a point below the other first growth Medocs, its length and fragrance a major feature at a mixed tasting of '82s in Hamburg (March 2000). Most recently, still impressively deep and comparatively youthful; a well developed, sweet and harmonious bouquet. Mouthfilling, so much on show, so much left to show. Last noted at the La Reserve tasting of '82 Pauillacs, April 2001 ****(*) Another effortless 20 years? M.B. 12 bottles per lot