Decanted 2.5 hours
Nice brickish core with some browning to the edges. The nose has to be experienced to be believed. Pencil shavings , Saddle leather , cassis , cigar box , eucalyptus , forest floor all pop out at you. The palate shows as a wine that belies its’ age. Bing cherry , dark chocolate , mint , graphite …stunning complexity and length. A perfect wine. I had this 15 years ago , and it seems as if it’s barely aged.
Agreed, perfect each time I have had it in the last 5 years. Classic Bordeaux, complete benchmark wine.
I couldn’t agree more. I was lucky enough to try this wine last year out of a magnum and it was probably the best wine I’ve ever had.
Mmmm. I love Mouton. Especially the 82. I have one more left. Luckily it’s a renewable resource. All you have to do is drill a new well in your local auction house.
I want to try the 1982 Le Pin at some point , as I haven’t had it yet , but agree with you Robert & Paul. So far that’s the benchmark wine to me against which all others are compared. Albert , your post reminds me of an image I posted on facebook recently with a sink with wine coming out of it that reads “Now it’s fixed!”
This wine is on my “spit bucket list,” so to speak.
Thanks for the note. I will have to settle for tasting vicariously.
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Bucket list wine for me. The 86 Mouton may be the greatest wine I’ve ever had, sounds like the 82 is just as good.
YVW - I have a friend who was smart enough to buy 82’s when the cases(even Le Pin) were priced in the 100’s. I’m not even sure if he has any Le Pin left , but I remember he sold a bottle to someone for a few grand about 15 years ago. I’d like just an 8 oz pour!
Pat ,
I’m fortunate enough to get to try the 86 this weekend. I’m looking forward to it.
That’s the way! Keep living the good life.
I think this is one of the great clarets. I think 1982 is a bridge between past and present and the Mouton is one of the apex wines on the bridge. I have had a half dozen and have 6 more in the cellar. I don’t think it has even begun to show its true greatness.
10 more years. Mine took 6 hours of air to really unfurl itself.
Is it OK just to be flat out jealous of someone who purchased a case of this wine
Truth be told, I have piecemeal purchased these over the years
I think you’d have to be a pretty odd guy not to be jealous of anyone with a half case of 82 Mouton. One might also be jealous of those who share a last name with Anthony Eden, but that’s a different story.
Not always a fan of Mouton over the other Firsts, but I must say they really hit the ball out of the park in 1982.
1982 Mouton is monumental. The best Paulliac of this vintage is Latour IMO. But this is splitting hairs on a very lofty level.
Charlie lives down the road like 45 minutes or so, and has a cool wife! I need to rekindle that friendship, ha!
Yes +1. It is interesting that Lafite is the most expensive, and the least interesting of the Paulliac first growths in 1982. A residual of the Chinese Lafite craze, but I am still a little surprised that the market still hasn’t righted itself.
One other comment; I have never had a less than stellar bottle of the Latour, while the Mouton is far less consistent. Even when they served it at the chateau, there was definitely a fair amount of variation.
A couple of weeks ago we had at a Commanderie de Bordeaux tasting in PR the Mouton 82 and the Latour 82 side by side. Flight of a lifetime. Agree that Latour was the better wine.