Talbot St-Julien 1982

95 points Robert Parker: "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. (Jun 2009)"

93.4 points CellarTracker.com community score.

93+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 1982 Château Talbot is a stellar example of this property’s wines, and along with the 1986, this has to be one of the greatest vintages produced here in the twentieth century. I had not drunk a bottle in more than a decade, so was very happy when a friend coming to taste 1982s with me for this report told me he was bringing this wine along. Like many of the top Talbots from the decade of the 1980s, there was just a bit of leathery overtones to this wine during its extended adolescence, but that is now long gone as the wine hits its stride at age thirty-eight. The bouquet is pure, complex and offers up just beautiful fruit tones in its blend of sweet cassis, blackberries, cigar smoke, dark soil tones, a touch of celery seed, violets, cigar smoke and just a touch of new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and complex, with a lovely core of fruit, a very elegant profile, still a bit of suave backend tannin and outstanding focus and grip on the complex and very long finish. This is a really beautiful bottle of Talbot! 2020-2060+. (Jan/Feb 2020)"