1982 Grand Puy Ducasse
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Tasting notes
Very, very deep and coloured almost to the rim. Very healthy-looking but rather too like cough medicine on the nose. Quite mouth-puckeringly sharp tannins. Lots of acidity and tannin. Pinched. Not generous. (JR)
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This wine has always been an attractive, fragrant, classic Pauillac with scents of cedar, spice, and berry fruit. Although not the most concentrated wine from the appellation, it is a medium-bodied, elegant example of the vintage that requires drinking before the turn of the century . Tasted 2 times since bottling with consistent notes.
Tasted from magnum. Dark ruby-garnet in color. Rich and slightly stinky, with earth, currant and tobacco aromas. Medium- to full-bodied, with well-integrated tannins and a pretty currant flavor. Slightly short on the finish.--1982 Bordeaux horizontal. Drink now. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 1998.
This wine has always been an attractive, fragrant, classic Pauillac with scents of cedar, spice, and berry fruit. Although not the most concentrated wine from the appellation, it is a medium-bodied, elegant example of the vintage that requires drinking before the turn of the century . Tasted 2 times since bottling with consistent notes. Dec 1995, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
The 40 hectares of this Pauillac Fifth Growth are spread across three sites, pieced together in the 18th century by Pierre Ducasse. Today owned by France’s Crédit Agricole bank, they have some very fine vineyard land, with their northernmost plot neighbouring Mouton and Lafite.