The wine that made Robert Parker famous — his breathless early reports on the 1982 Bordeaux vintage launched his career and changed the wine world forever, with Mouton at the center of it all. Parker called it “one of the immortal wines of the century, with decades to go.” The nose reveals aromas of gingerbread, mint, very ripe fruit, blackcurrant and bilberry, with notes of cinnamon, toast, and mocha; from a firm and silky attack with velvety, patrician tannins, the wine develops a full, round body with suggestions of licorice and caramel — fresh, stylish, seductive, and charming, with a powerful, attractive length. The palate remains a blockbuster — full-bodied, rich, and opulently accented with a mid-palate jam-packed with red and black fruit preserves, satiny tannin texture of simply incredible ripeness, and a very long licorice-laced finish. Now 43 years old and at the apex of its drinking window. A once-in-a-generation wine and a piece of living Bordeaux history. Drink now–2040
