From the outstanding 1982 vintage and scoring 98100 parker points this stunning red wine is a 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 inkyplumgarnetpurple 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 i