Lafite( Top Shoulder)- 1982 (750ml) Sangiovese Wine Advocate - 90

Wine Advocate - 90

This is Prosecco at its finest

The palate is full-bodied and sumptuous with super-fine tannins

one would think that winemaker Bob Cabral would be perennially stressed out having to deal with so many different vineyards

pure and flawlessly constructed with extravagant layers of fruit and richness

Lafite( Top Shoulder)- 1982 (750ml) Sangiovese Wine Advocate - 90fill in the base of neck, very torn label This is a denser version of the 1990 that stylistically reminds me of what the young 1959 probably tasted like. Still backward with a deep ruby plum color revealing only a touch of lightening at the edge, the wine offers up an extraordinary nose of caramelized herbs, smoke, cedar, pen ink, black currants, and earth. The gorgeous aromatics are followed by a full bodied, plump, rich, fleshy wine with low