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1995 Château Pedesclaux

Red Bordeaux Blend

  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Médoc
  • Pauillac
Drink between 2003 - 2014 (Edit)
CT86 5 reviews
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Community Tasting Notes 3

  • forceberry wrote: 73 points

    October 26, 2021 - The bottle was opened and slow-oxed for five hours prior to the tasting, then aerated in a decanter for about 15 minutes. The indicative blend is about 2/3 Cabernet Sauvignon, 1/3 Merlot and a little bit (5%) of Cabernet Franc and/or Petit Verdot. 12,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.

    Very dark and quite brooding blackish-red color that permits very little light through. Very odd nose dominated by a heavy streak of BBQ spices (smoked paprika powder, onion powder, garlic powder and stuff like that) making the wine smell like a bowl of barbecue potato chips. There are some vague notes of wizened dark fruits and earth, but overall the nose is just barbecue chips, all the way. I'm quite baffled at this point. :D The wine is moderately full-bodied and rather structured on the palate with a rather thin taste. There are relatively light and underwhelming flavors of wizened dark berries, some barbecue chips, a little bit of earth, a hint of raisiny fruit and a touch of damp leaves. The wine is quite high in acidity with rather assertive tannins that pile up on the gums. The finish is dry, quite tannic and rather short with light, thin flavors of barbecue chips, some wizened dark fruits and a little bit of earth.

    This was one of the weirdest mature Bordeaux wines I've tasted - it honestly smelled exactly like barbecue-flavored potato chips! That same taste was also there on the palate, but not nearly as intense as in the nose. Otherwise the wine felt quite tired and listless, lacking fruit and energy. It wasn't particularly oxidative at any point - it just felt like the wine had passed its peak years ago and has just thinned out since, leaving behind only a gaunt, wilted shadow of its former self. If this wasn't an off bottle but instead a wine representative of the vintage, I say it's high time to empty any remaining bottles.

  • pilatus88 Likes this wine: 89 points

    January 1, 2014 - Closed down on the nose. Opened up a little after a few hours but not dramatic. Very silky and long on the palate with nice fruit and structure. It has held up well but will not last much longer.

  • Zweder wrote: 86 points

    December 1, 2001 - An easy afternoon with close friends; Bordeaux, Pauillac and Pomerol (@ PdV): Rustic wine. Still young, little oak, very much cassis juice and a good amount of tannin. This wine needs at least 3 – 4 more years before it starts to open up.

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1995
  • Type Red
  • Producer Château Pedesclaux
  • Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • SubRegion Médoc
  • Appellation Pauillac

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  • Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
  • In Cellars 4 (22%)
  • Consumed 14 (78%)

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