Domaine des Lambrays, Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru 1995

robert_parker92

Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani

This deep-colored wine has a darker-scented nose than its sibling's, and reveals the same pepper and black fruit scents, yet does not have the herbal component. Very spicy, it is a thickly-textured, full-bodied, dense, and expansive wine redolent with a massive juniper berry, clove, cinnamon, meaty, wild game, brambleberry, mineral, stone, and cassis-liqueur-flavored core. This complex, tightly-wound, and firmly structured wine demands cellaring. Drink it between 2005 and 2015. Importer: Peter Weygandt, Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800.

robert_parker92

Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani

Medium-to-dark ruby-colored, the 1995 Clos Des Lambrays possesses an enticing and lively nose of sweet red and black fruits, spices, minerals and cracked black pepper. Medium-to-full-bodied, complex, concentrated, well-defined and chewy in the mouth, it exhibits intense dark berries, earth tones and a touch of wild game. Its ripe tannins will allow this wine to age well, drink it between 2004-2012. This note is the result of tastings I did in Burgundy between January 7 and January 29. Ratings with a score in parentheses indicate the wine was tasted from cask, not bottle. Pinot Noir, a fragile varietal, reacts poorly to fining, filtration, and careless bottling techniques, I recommend caution when considering buying a red burgundy based on cask samples. I called them as I tasted them, and hope the bottled wine reflects the quality of the samples I was provided. Importer: Peter Weygandt, Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 932-2745.

vinous91

Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer

Palish medium red with a hint of amber. Musky, slightly resiny scents of dark raspberry, spices, tar, tobacco, cedar and eucalyptus. The herb and resin notes carry through onto the palate, where they currently overshadow the wine's dark fruit and spice flavors. Fairly rich and thick in the middle, but cut off on the back end by rather rigid tannins. Boasts a strong spine but the acid/tannin balance is a bit sharp. Still, this wine finishes with very good spicy length and lift and comes across as younger than my bottle of the 1999. Incidentally, Brouin noted that he would not drink this wine quite yet, as he holds out the hope that it will soften with more time in bottle. (13.5% alcohol; 3.46 pH; 3.8 g/l acidity)