Wine vintage rating 1982

What was the vintage 1982 like?

1982 is generally regarded as the vintage of the century. The weather was ideal throughout the growing season. It enabled early flowering, and the vines thrived in the hot summer. In 1982 the growing cycle had shifted two weeks forward. The harvest in Bordeaux took place on September 14th.

The highest rated and most searched wine of 1982 is Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, closely followed by Mouton Rothschild. The high quality of the 1982 vintage also has a positive effect on somewhat simpler wineries.
Perfect conditions also prevailed in Piedmont and Tuscany. Many Barolo are excellent to drink.

Weather in the year 1982

The year 1982 began extremely cold with temperatures down to -20 °C. The spring remained extremely dry.

The beginning of summer came with storms and rain. But then the summer months of 1982 were the first hot and dry weather period since 1976. Several heat waves swept through France.

September remained dry and hot..

The current stock of wines from the 1982 vintage

All wines from the 1982 vintage are in our own wine cellar and can be shipped immediately or picked up at the wine shop. To the wines of 1982

Good filling levels, good wine quality

The fill level of an old vintage wine reveals important information on the drinkability of the wine.
Of course, the good condition of a wine from an old vintage depends on excellent storage. Above all, the wine must not have frequently changed cellars. Ideally, the wine will have rested in one and the same wine cellar.

But also the cork that sits in each individual bottle is very important. A perfect cork has few pores and keeps the wine stable. If an inferior cork happens to have been used in a bottle, the porous surface will begin to soak up wine and allow micro-quantities of the liquid to evaporate over the decades. Poor fill levels are the result.

A poor fill level therefore also indicates a high risk that the wine bottle could soon begin to leak.

The fill levels explained:
In the bottle neck (high fill to base neck) about 2 cm is perfect for wines.
Top and upper shoulder, ([very] top shoulder), approx. 3 cm is very good for very old wines.
Medium shoulder (mid shoulder), about 4 cm is only acceptable for rare top wines and in individual cases.
Everything below the red line should not be offered any more.

Wine rating

Do you have a 1982 vintage in your wine cellar and would you like to know how much it is worth?

Here are a few tips: in order to still have any value, the bottle must be leakproof. The wine must not be cloudy. It should be of good quality (not supermarket wine).

Search for the wine online without specifying the vintage. If it is a well-known winery, you will find the wine immediately and also the price you have to pay for the current vintage. If the current wine costs from EUR 20.00 upwards, that's a good sign.

The filling level is decisive for the value. Upper shoulder to base neck is required. Medium shoulder is only acceptable for extremely rare, already valuable wines.

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