1995 Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste

1995 Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste

The palate is generous, filled with cedar, graphite, raspberries, pencil shavings and currant, all makings of an excellent Pauillac. Good fresh acidity. Tannins are present but the ample fruit prevents this from being one of the tannic and difficult 1995 left banks for the first couple of hours in a carafe, after that tannin is accentuated and begins to override fruit. This was 92 points for the first two hours, after that very 1995 left bank. If I had another bottle, I would decant the wine into a bottle to postpone the negative effect of aeration.