popped cork 2 hrs before drinking over 3 hours: wonderful wine, delicious ripe fruit/cassis, grace and balance, beautfiful minerality that lingered on the palate. drinking beautifully but will go another 10 for sure. 95-96. ranked #1 of 1995 dunn hm, 1995 margaux, 1995 LLC.
popped cork 2 hrs before drinking over 3 hours: lovely wine, elegant and feminine style, slightly overshadowed by other wines with more robust fruit. drinking beautifully but will go another 10 for sure. 93-95. tied for #2 w/1995 dunn hm, 1995 lafite #1, 1995 LLC #4.
popped cork 2 hrs before drinking over 3 hours: a dead-ringer for a 1st/2nd growth Bordeaux and easily held its own in this tasting, although predictably a little more ripeness than the competition. drinking beautifully but will go another 10 for sure. 93-95. tied for #2 w/1995 margaux, 1995 lafite #1, 1995 LLC #4.
popped cork 2 hrs before drinking over 3 hours: restrained and austere in style, just not enough fruit to compete w/ other wines in tasting. this wine will not budge, but wonder if time will reveal a better showing. 92-94. ranked #4 w/1995 dunn hm #2, 1995 lafite #1, 1995 margaux #2.
1995 Château Lafite Rothschild
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
popped cork 2 hrs before drinking over 3 hours: wonderful wine, delicious ripe fruit/cassis, grace and balance, beautfiful minerality that lingered on the palate. drinking beautifully but will go another 10 for sure. 95-96. ranked #1 of 1995 dunn hm, 1995 margaux, 1995 LLC.
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1995 Château Margaux
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
popped cork 2 hrs before drinking over 3 hours: lovely wine, elegant and feminine style, slightly overshadowed by other wines with more robust fruit. drinking beautifully but will go another 10 for sure. 93-95. tied for #2 w/1995 dunn hm, 1995 lafite #1, 1995 LLC #4.
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1995 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain
USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain
popped cork 2 hrs before drinking over 3 hours: a dead-ringer for a 1st/2nd growth Bordeaux and easily held its own in this tasting, although predictably a little more ripeness than the competition. drinking beautifully but will go another 10 for sure. 93-95. tied for #2 w/1995 margaux, 1995 lafite #1, 1995 LLC #4.
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1995 Château Léoville Las Cases
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
popped cork 2 hrs before drinking over 3 hours: restrained and austere in style, just not enough fruit to compete w/ other wines in tasting. this wine will not budge, but wonder if time will reveal a better showing. 92-94. ranked #4 w/1995 dunn hm #2, 1995 lafite #1, 1995 margaux #2.
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