82 Latour

Ho hum... another bottle of 1982 Chateau Latour.... wow. wow. wow. This wine is still a baby - more like a 1995 with its big tannins. Of the bottles I've had (somewhere in the 10 bottle or so range), this one falls in the middle. Not the best, but very nice. Opened up slowly, first revealing coffee bean and mocha notes (the oak seemed fairly unintigrated at this point), with truffles, leather, pencil shavings, and just hints of black plums and currants and a smoky-rotting tobacco leaf finish that lasted minutes. As it opened over 1 1/2 hours, the bright cherry notes started to come, then faded off. It went from sublime to nearly dead very quickly. Still, the wine was too young and I would hold off drinking any for another 10 years. Probably had 8 ounces.