1995 Chateau La Pointe

[Alex Bridgeman]

Lovely rich red appearance, deep red but with no bricking. Vigorous nose with lots of fruit leading the way. Neutral entry, hollow and initially lacking in flavour. The mid-palate has a balance of fruit and tannin but is really dominated in the end by the tannins. The finish is chewy but a little lean, led by woody licorice root and aniseed. This is still rather lean and needs at least another 5 years to flesh out. 86/100. Drunk 15-Apr-15.

[jdaw1]

On Wednesday 15th April 2015 Wolfgang, Alex, Tom, Enrico, Maggie, my father and I met for some old claret at Otto’s, 182 Gray’s Inn Road WC1X 8EW.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1961 Château Belloy;
• 1947 Château la Dominique;
• 1967 Château la Dominique;
• 1943 Château Gachon;
• 1959 Château Lafon-Rochet;
• 1955 Château La Pointe;
• 1970 Château La Pointe;
• 1995 Château La Pointe;
• 1920 Sandeman;
• 1935 Sandeman;
• Stickies and TN pages.

[jdaw1]

1995 Château La Pointe: bigger than the ’55 and ’70, but less well balanced, and rougher.