1982 Wine and Port Vintage

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1982 Wine and Port

A short summary of the fabulous 1982 Vintage with our top recommendations

Welcome to Vintage Wine and Port's 1982 wine page. Read on for our summary of the 1982 vintage, our top recommendations and region reports. Scroll down to see all of our wines currently available. If you cannot find what you are looking for please call us on 01425 837177 or Contact Us. We would love to help you with your wine choice!

The 1982 vintage produced some of the finest wines of the 20th century, with exceptional quality in Bordeaux, the Douro Valley, and various regions of Italy. These wines are highly sought after by collectors and connoisseurs as they are drinking well and continue to command high prices. Any of these wines would make a fabulous 43 year old wine gift for an Anniversary or birthday.


Our Wine Expert currently recommends the following wines for this year:

Messias 1982 Quinta Do Cachao Vintage Port.

1982 Chateau Cos D'Estournel 2nd Growth Classification.

Nebbiolo, Italy 1982,

DOliveiras Madeira 1982 Boal.

Ryst Dupeyron Armagnac 1982.

 
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Bordeaux: The 1982 was an outstanding wine vintage that produced some of the most complex profound Bordeaux wines since 1961. Great weather made this vintage a success - harvests were boosted by a September heat-wave, the result of which was super-ripe grapes, both in respect of sugar content and physiology. The lesser wines from the St Emilion, Graves, Pomerol and Margaux regions are now fully mature. The heavyweight wines from these regions and St Julien, Pauillac are evolving slowly and will continue to do so for years to come.
 
Champagne: 1982 is an exceptionally fine, rich vintage for Champagne. Ideal weather conditions led to a good vintage, a relief after a disappointing run. A cold and frosty winter gave way to a coolish spring, but temperatures picked up later in the season. The flowering conditions in June were ideal, and summer was sunny and dry. The grapes were ripe by relatively early on in September, and showers mid-month helped them achieve near-perfection. The crop was one of the largest on record.
 
Italian: 1982 was a tremendous vintage for big, rich and fruity Barolo and Barbaresco wines. The grapes were in superb condition for an early harvest and, thanks to the wonderful summer, the crop was large as well as very healthy. Wines from Tuscany such as Chianti or Brunello were also in fine form producing ripe, flavoursome, well-balanced wines.
 
Portugal: 1982 was a good Port Vintage, with elegant and aromatic wines. Although a few Houses declared the Vintage, most made Quinta wines.

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