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1982 BORDEAUX: THE 1855 CLASSIFICATION ANALYZED From the temperature controlled home cellar of an East Coast Gentlemen. This exceptional collection from an outstanding vintage provides an exciting opportunity to review and analyze fifty-nine of the six-one Châteaux from the Official Classification of 1855 on the one hundred and fiftieth year anniversary. Bordeaux 1982 - A Coming of Age Truly great wines evolve over a long period of time, some 50 years or more, but many Bordeaux vintages reach a real pinnacle of enjoyment after 20 years or so of slow bottle maturation with the assistance of perfect temperature and humidity. It is fortunate then that the decade of the 1980s in Bordeaux provided so many vintages of exceptional quality that are now reaching their first peak of maturity. The greatest of this decade and possible the most consistent of the second half of the last century was 1982. After 21+ years in bottle the wines of this legendary vintage are now flourishing. Some wines at the very top will continue to develop and improve in bottle, but many are now showing beautifully. As wines from excellent vintages before 1982 become extremely scarce, the 1982s have become benchmark wines for collectors around the world. The 1982 vintage sits proudly with 1945 and 1961 as the greatest Bordeaux vintages of the 20th Century. RB FIRST GROWTHS: Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 1982 Pessac (Graves) Level: 2.5cm (1) Château Lafite-Rothschild--Vintage 1982 Pauillac Slightly corroded capsules (1) Château Latour--Vintage 1982 Pauillac Slightly depressed cork, slightly corroded capsule, signs of old seepage, wrinkled label (1) Château Margaux--Vintage 1982 (1) Margaux Château Mouton-Rothschild--Vintage 1982 (1) Pauillac SECOND GROWTHS: Château Brane-Cantenac--Vintage 1982 (1) Margaux Château Cos d'Estournel--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Estephe Château Ducru-Beaucaillou--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Julien Château Durfort-Vivens--Vintage 1982 (1) Margaux Château Gruaud-Larose--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Julien Château Lascombes--Vintage 1982 (1) Margaux Château Léoville-Barton--Vintage 1982 Saint-Julien Slightly depressed cork (1) Château Léoville-Las-Cases--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Julien Château Léoville-Poyferré--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Julien Château Montrose--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Estephe Château Pichon-Longueville, Lalande--Vintage 1982 (1) Pauillac Château Pichon-Longueville, Baron--Vintage 1982 (1) Pauillac Château Rausan-Ségla--Vintage 1982 (1) Margaux Château Rauzan-Gassies--Vintage 1982 Margaux Slightly depressed cork (1) THIRD GROWTHS: Château Boyd-Cantenac--Vintage 1982 Margaux Glue stained label (1) Château Calon-Ségur--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Estephe Château Cantenac-Brown--Vintage 1982 Margaux Corroded capsule, signs of old seepage (1) Château d'Issan--Vintage 1982 Margaux Upper/mid shoulder; corroded capsule, signs of old seepage (1) Château Ferrière--Vintage 1982 (1) Margaux Château Giscours--Vintage 1982 (1) Margaux Château Kirwan--Vintage 1982 (1) Margaux Bin soiled label Château La Lagune--Vintage 1982 (1) Haut-Medoc Château Lagrange--Vintage 1982 Saint-Julien Levels upper/mid shoulder; corroded capsule, signs of old seepage, slightly bin soiled label (1) Château Langoa-Barton--Vintage 1982 Saint-Julien Slightly depressed cork (1) Château Malescot-Saint-Exupéry--Vintage 1982 Margaux Slighty depressed cork (1) Château Marquis d'Alesme-Becker--Vintage 1982 Margaux Bin soiled label (1) Château Palmer--Vintage 1982 Margaux Slightly corroded capsule (1) FOURTH GROWTHS: Château Beychevelle--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Julien Château Branaire-Ducru--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Julien Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild--Vintage 1982 (1) Pauillac Château La Tour-Carnet--Vintage 1982 (1) Haut-Medoc Château Lafon-Rochet--Vintage 1982 (1) Saint-Estephe Château Marquis-de-Terme--Vintage 1982 Margaux Glue stained label (1) Château Pouget--Vintage 1982 (1) Margaux Châ