1982 Bordeaux, 20 Years On

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An extraordinary tasting this spring organized by University of California physics professor and long-time wine collector Bipin Desai promised to provide a definitive answer to the most pressing Bordeaux question of the past generation: Just how good are the 1982s? Desai idea was not simply to taste all of the most important '82s at a time when most of them should be at or near peak drinkability, but to see how the best '82s stack up against other top Bordeaux of the last 40+ years