1995 Wine from France

Wine Spectator, 95 points: Best Figeac in years. Loads of blackberry chocolate and stones. Full-bodied and concentrated with masses of tannins and fruit. Long long finish. Needs time. Best after 2002. 9500 cases made. -JS

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: Deep garnet with a brick rim. Very pure aromas of warm cassis kirsch and dried lavender over a touch of truffles and game. The power of the palate is in the taut structure of medium + fine grained tannins and medium to...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 90 points: The de Fargues ’95 has a ripe, generous, quintessential de Fargues nose with tangy marmalade, Seville orange and quince jus, though it does not quite have the razor-sharp delineation of a top-flight wine from the estate...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: Big and powerful with loads of fruit and chewy tannins. Still just a baby. Full-bodied with lots of structure and a long long finish. Give it time.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2010. 14500 cases made. -JS

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 90 points: The de Fargues ’95 has a ripe, generous, quintessential de Fargues nose with tangy marmalade, Seville orange and quince jus, though it does not quite have the razor-sharp delineation of a top-flight wine from the estate...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Tasted at Chateau Climens. The 1995 Climens has a butterscotch, dried pineapple, kumquat and wax-resin bouquet that is well defined and now fully open for business. The palate is spicy on the entry, chamomile, cinnamon...