1995 Wine

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...

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

Wine Spectator, 90 points: Blackberry lightly toasted oak and cedar on the nose. Full-bodied with chewy tannins and a long silky finish. Needs time to open.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2008. –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...

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...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 96 points: The nose is developing nicely with its tobacco, smoke, cedar chest, earth, mint, blackberry and stone profile. The wine is powerful, fresh, long, structured to age and tannic, finishing with a powerful, clean, black...

Wine Spectator, 91 points: Intense aromas of crushed blackberries, licorice and Spanish cedar. Full-bodied, concentrated and structured. Give it some time.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2008. — JS

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