This wine has emerged from a dormant period to reveal the classic iron, tobacco, sweet blackcurrant and roasted herb nose of a great Graves. The color remains an opaque purple with a thick, viscous texture. Sweet, expansive, and chewy, with enormous concentration and fat, this wine has begun to develop its secondary aromatics. It is already thrilling to drink, although it is still very youthful. For pure complexity and class, the 1989 La Mission rates higher, but the 1982 rivals the 1959 and 1961 for pure hedonistic appeal. It may be the modern day equivalent of the spectacular 1959