Chateau Pavie Macquin 1995

WINE SPECTATOR: "Mature, with dried date, cherry and plum notes, lined with lilting incense, aged fruitcake and well-integrated cedar and juniper hints. The core retains some nice stuffing, allowing this to linger a bit longer for those who like to push their wines. This was the first vintage aged on its fine lees, resulting in a finer mouthfeel than the firmer, drier 1993 and 1994.—Non-blind Pavie Macquin vertical (December 2014). Drink now through 2017. 4,883 cases made."

WEINWISSER: "Dunkles Granat, aufhellend, erster feiner Reifeschimmer. Delikat süsses Bouquet, an einen reifen Rioja erinnernd, getrocknete Kirschen, Sandelholz, Pralinen. Saftiger, eher leicht wirkender Gaumen, tolle Süsse im feinen Extrakt, noch rotbeerige Fruchtresten aufweisend, elegantes, delikates, burgundisches Finale, insgesamt eher leicht, jetzt trinken."