dazzling Cabernet Sauvignon
this is actually slightly less structured though I emphasize slightly
The wine is off-the-charts great
Araujo’s 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard is a picture perfect example of the year
This has all of Noval's typical grace and elegance while the complexity level is nicely above average
Gruaud Larose - St. Julien 1982 A000001438 dazzling Cabernet SauvignonA massive wine that is clearly of first growth quality in this vintage, the 1982 Gruaud Larose remains a youngster. A broodingly dense, thick, unctuously textured, inky plum garnet purple color offers up scents of beef blood, steak tartare, cassis, herbs, tobacco, and underbrush. One of the most concentrated wines of the vintage (as well as one of the most concentrated Bordeauxs I have ever tasted), it is a huge, full bodied, weighty, rich wine whose