98 We / 97 JS / 97 De / 96+ Wa / 96 Ag / 96 Fs / 94-96 Wci / 95 Jd / 95 Wi / 94 Vm / 94 Ja / 94 Ws / 17+ Jr. Wine Advocate Wine of the Vintage The wine's powerful density comes from the black-currant…

Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint-Julien 1995 (750ml) available at Beacon Wine & Spirits in New York, NY

This is real wine with a tasty and rich palate with chocolate, stone and berry. Medium to full body with refined tannins and a savory texture. A wine for pleasure. Drink or hold.

Remarkably sleek and pure, considering the generally burly and obvious tannic profile of the vintage. Delivers a pure and unadulterated beam of cassis and.

The 2018 vintage of Léoville Poyferré has a deep garnet color with purple highlights. Beautifully shiny and limpid, this wine displays a youthful color.

"Potentially a sleeper of this vintage, Lagrange is deep in color, spicy, and rich, with full-bodied, briery, cassis flavors, good firm tannins, and a long finish. If the wine resembles the style of…

(90 points) "The 1978 Las Cases has taken on a garnet hue with some dark ruby tints. The nose is more complex and penetrating than the flavors. The wine offers classic, mineral, lead pencil, smoky,…

This is not quite as silky smooth and rich as the 2005 and yet it's full of promise. It feels young, with tannins that are still pulsating around the dark berry fruits, joined by eucalyptus and cigar…

Dark ruby color. Lots of earth, berry and leather aromas. Full-bodied, with chocolate, berry and earth flavors. Velvety tannins. Delicious, funky Beychevelle.--1990 Bordeaux retrospective. Drink now.…