Bordeaux 1995: Tasting in 2010
As I have written in my introduction to the vintage, 1995 was a year that saw success on both banks of the Bordeaux vineyard. Admittedly, neither saw the pinnacle of success that has been witnessed in other vintages (the left bank immediately superseded by 1996, the right bank by 1998), nevertheless there were plenty of very good wines made. Indeed, with the benefit of nearly fifteen years of hindsight we can conclude that many delicious wines were made, and this tasting of a handful of wines from the vintage would seem to confirm that conclusion.
This small tasting was put together solely using wines from my cellar, which seems to have ended up stronger on Pessac-Léognan for some reason, with solitary representatives from most other communes. This contingent from Graves were led by Haut-Bailly, a perennial over-achiever, although also showing very well was La Tour Haut-Brion, part of the Haut-Brion stable which saw its last vintage in 2004; from 2005 the fruit has been channelled into La Chapelle, the second wine of La Mission Haut-Brion. The white from Domaine de Chevalier was a real pleasure too.
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