The aromatics on the nose here are subtle, with ripe raspberry puree, tobacco leaf and truffle. It is not at the height of the best 1982s, but there is clear charm here, with gentle tawny autmnal brambled fruits, edges of...

Dried flowers, rosemary, mint, smoke, cherries and raspberries define the perfume. Medium-bodied, soft, chalky, spicy raspberries fill the palate. No decsnting, pop and pour is all this, fully mature charmer needs. Drink...

Deep garnet-brick in color, the 1982 Pontet-Canet swans out with flamboyant notes of Indian spices, cigar box, and dried plums, leading to a fragrant core of fruit cake and rose bud tea. Light to medium-bodied, the palate...