In article et>, "Rob"
> writes:

>I had a glass of this 1982 Inglenook at Bern's Steakhouse, in Tampa,
>Florida, about a year-and-a-half ago. It was my first and only experience,
>thus far, with Inglenook. I was pretty impressed. I don't know anything
>about 1982 California cabernets, except that I think I remember reading that
>it wasn't a top vintage. The '82 Inglenook didn't taste young but it
>certainly had plenty of fruit in it.

Hi Rob,

1982 was after the glory days of Inglenook (ones from before maybe 1970 get big
bucks at auction, I think). But this was pretty good.

None of these bottles were prestige bottlings. A couple had the original $8 or
$9.99 price tags. And while I think '80 was reasonably well-regarded, neither
'81 or '82 has much of a rep (I may be wrong about that, someone please correct
if I am). More reason the better than decent showing was a nice surprise.

take care,
Dale

Dale Williams
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