1982 Chateau Talbot, Saint-Julien, Bottle (750ml) [High Shoulder]
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96VM95RP
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerVM = Vinous Media
- Rating
- VM96/RP95
- Producer
- Talbot
- Vintage
- 1982
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint-Julien
- Country
- France
- Classification
- 4eme Cru Classe
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
RP95 "Along with the 1986, the 1982 is one of the greatest Talbots ever made. Far more evolved than its stablemate, Gruaud Larose, it exhibits a dense garnet color to the rim along with a huge, sweet, exotic nose of charcoal, beef blood, licorice, herbs, and black fruits. A hint of figs suggests borderline overripeness, but the wine remains fleshy and full-bodied with sweet tannin and an expansive, heady mouthfeel. While fully mature, it should hold for another decade." RP Jun 2009
VM96 "The 1982 Talbot might be one of the most underestimated wines of the Left Bank. This bottle was my own contribution and it outflanked some of the more expensive, better reputed Saint-Julien wines. Captivating on the nose, classical through and through, this is fresh and vibrant, a bit leaner than the Ducru-Beaucaillou though with more cohesion and refinement. The palate unfolds in exquisite fashion, with finely chiselled tannins, supremely well balanced with a hint of graphite and pain d'épices towards the languid finish. Irresistible. This might actually be the best bottle that I have ever drunk. Tasted single-blind at the 1982 dinner at Cornus in London. (Drink between 2025-2045)" NM for VM Dec 2025
VM96 "The 1982 Talbot might be one of the most underestimated wines of the Left Bank. This bottle was my own contribution and it outflanked some of the more expensive, better reputed Saint-Julien wines. Captivating on the nose, classical through and through, this is fresh and vibrant, a bit leaner than the Ducru-Beaucaillou though with more cohesion and refinement. The palate unfolds in exquisite fashion, with finely chiselled tannins, supremely well balanced with a hint of graphite and pain d'épices towards the languid finish. Irresistible. This might actually be the best bottle that I have ever drunk. Tasted single-blind at the 1982 dinner at Cornus in London. (Drink between 2025-2045)" NM for VM Dec 2025