Tasting Notes
Robert Parker – 98
Tasted at Pebbles/Zachy’s 1982 dinner in Hong Kong. This is the second time I have tasted the Lafite ’82 this year and both bottles have been exemplary. Here it has a brilliantly defined nose of black fruit, graphite and limestone that has an electrifying intensity " a brightness undimmed over three decades. The palate displays outstanding balance, a little more feminine than Latour and quintessentially a oeLafitea rather than a oe1982a . Fleshy and opulent towards the finish, yet not flamboyant or as extrovert as Mouton, this is just a fabulous Lafite that should plateau for many years. Tasted November 2012.
