1982 Palmer
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Description
Palmer-1982-750ml-PCGSIV-Red-Bordeaux-France
Palmer-1982-750ml-PCGSIV-Red-Bordeaux-France
Tasting Notes
| Wine Spectator 92 | |
| Some people said the '82 was not up to par, but it is a seductive wine. Has plenty of plum and cassis characteristics and ultra-fine tannins. | |
| Clive Coates | |
| Fullish colour. Now mature-more so than the 1983. Rich and ripe. Mellow qand concentrated. Fullish and abundant on the nose. This is very lovely and very 1982. Sweet, creamy, round and fat. Very good concentration. Very good acidity too. Bot no hard edges now. Impressive even, in a 1982 context. Very fine. | |
| Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 93 | |
| Full, deep red. Spicy aromas of cassis and rose petal, with a whiff of meat. Then wonderfully penetrating and classy, with bright acidity giving the wine superb clarity and thrust. This has terrific structure. Finishes very long and fine, with excellent grip. By far the finest bottle I've tasted to date of this wine, and one of the real surprises of the tasting. (My second bottle showed roasted redcurrant, leather, meat and smoky oak on the nose; and a sweet, suave, broad palate without quite the structure and grip of the first sample. But this wine, too, offered compelling sweetness and rated 91 points.) Drink now through 2015 | |
| Robert Parker 89 | |
| "This wine has turned out far better than predicted. The 1982 has become more delineated and put on weight. The 1982 is a juicy, complex, Pomerol-inspired effort with abundant black cherry and black currant fruit presented in a medium to full-bodied, plump, straightforward style. Fleshy, fresh, and lively." |