Fabulous aromas of ripe and exotic fruit with crushed blackberries and coffee beans. Full-bodied with silky tannins and a reserved fruity aftertaste. Pretty and delicious. A little more time will give you even more. This is a forgotten delicious wine.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2008. 9500 cases made. –JS

The 1995 is cut from the same mold as the 1996 except the 1995 possesses more accessible glycerin and fruit as well as lower acidity. It offers a dense ruby/purple color and an intense herb pain grille jammy blackberry and cassis-scented nose intertwined with wood-fire-like aromas. The wine is soft round and medium to full-bodied with a sexy combination of glycerin fruit sweet tannin and heady alcohol. It should drink well for 10-12 years.</P>