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1995 Margaux, Margaux (lightly bin-soiled & scuffed label)

1995 Margaux, Margaux (lightly bin-soiled & scuffed label)

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100

Wine Spectator

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Dark color. Black licorice, coffee, currants and black olives. Complex nose. A full-bodied, chewy blockbuster of a wine that is not giving anything at all away. It is like buried treasure still; you have to search for the gold. And it's there. Fabulous. Please give this time. --'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2014. (Web-2007)

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Professional Reviews

95

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 05/2009
Medium garnet colour going brick at the rim. The nose is beginning to showing signs of evolution with aromas of leather, game, warm cassis, dried plums and cloves. Medium to high acidity, medium body and medium to firm, fine tannins support earthy, blackcurrant-preserve fruit. Long finish. Drink now - 2030+. Tasted February 2009. (LPB)

94

Int'l Wine Cellar

Review Date: 05/1998
Excellent deep ruby color. Very complex aromas of blackcurrant, wild plum, violets, minerals, tar and smoky oak. Dense and supple, with great sweetness of fruit. Doesn't have quite the sheer power of the '96, but the flavors build and build. Substantial tannins are chewier than those of the '96 but hit the palate later. 1986 was the vintage with the highest level of polyphenols ever recorded at this estate, but '95 was the runner-up, according to Pontallier. Because this big, tannic wine needed longer barrel aging, it was bottled later than normal, in November of '97.

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Jancis Robinson

Review Date: 03/2011
Dense crimson with less development at the rim than the 1996. Lovely complexity and density - so much more than on the 1996. Mellowing ripe autumn fruit with liquorice and sweetness and some pretty briary tannins on the end. Very exotic but there is sufficient fruit for the tannins here. Long. 18.5/20 points.

Notes

96 points Neil Martin: "On the nose, one can immediately detect the greater percentage of Merlot in the blend: more red fruits evident with touches of kirsch and cranberry, evolving a slight cooked meat aroma in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, quite backward, with firm tannins, very seductive and intense. Lovely fleshy middle redolent of the -85 with a savoury aspect embellishing the finish that has a slight semblance to a Cabernet Franc based Saint Emilion. Very intellectual - it deserves another 8-10 years in bottle. Edging closer in quality to the 1996 but a different creature. Drink 2015-2035+ Tasted March 2008." (Wine Journal, 5/2008)

Product Details

Origin: Margaux, Bordeaux, France

Type/Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends

SKU: #1164684