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Fully mature, the 1982 Beychevelle is drinking beautifully today, exhibiting sweet aromas of plums, minty cassis,...
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This was one of the best showings yet for this wine, which, to my palate and mind, has never lived up to its early...
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A blackstrap, powerful Port. Black, with intense aromas of raspberries, raisins, flowers and stems. Full-bodied and...
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This has always been one of the great wines of the vintage and one of the greatest ever produced at this estate....
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The finest bottle I’ve had of this wine (which came from the estate), the 1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou continues...
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The finest bottle I’ve had of this wine (which came from the estate), the 1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou continues...
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A blockbuster, dark plum/garnet-colored wine, the 1982 L’Evangile reveals a decadent, extravagantly rich nose of...
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One of the great wines of the vintage, and the last produced under the ownership of the Woltner family, the 1982 La...
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The 1982 Lafite Rothschild is at the peak of its powers today, and the two bottles I drank this year were both...
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Excellent deep, saturated color. Sexy aromas of black cherry, cassis, and toasty, smoky oak. Wonderful sweetness and...
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The 1982 Leoville-Poyferre possesses great concentration, full body as well as considerable structure. A dense...
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Since 1978 there have been only two first-growths (or two of the so-called "big eight" of Bordeaux) that have been...
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Intense aromas of kirsch, currant and spice follow through to a full-bodied palate, with round, velvety tannins and a...
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89-92 Medium color. Somewhat high-toned black cherry nose is currently dominated by lead pencil and cedar. Gentle and...
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Port Blend Red Bordeaux 1982 1994 Wine

Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.


Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.

There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.