Chateau Petit Village - 1982 (750ml) Size:750ml Wine Spectator - 97 points

Wine Spectator - 97 points

It appears set for another 30-40 years of life

smoky wines

complex and layered

Tasters should take note of the wealth of peppery

Chateau Petit Village - 1982 (750ml) Size:750ml Wine Spectator - 97 pointsThis wine was so fragile when it was first released that I thought it had to be drunk in its first 10 12 years of life. It was exceptionally low in acidity, and had very sweet tannins, but the wine is still alive another testament to the mystery of how wines age, and that if there is good concentration, there may be more balance than one initially suspects. This chocolaty, exotic, almost New World style of wine has lost some of its ostentatiousness,