Two 1995 Bordeaux wines for Easter

[JCNorthway]

We had my brother-in-law and his wife for Easter dinner. I chose two bottles to accompany a leg of lamb main course. 1995 Angelus was the first bottle I hve opened of this wine - out of my collection of 4. I also opened a 1995 Grand Puy Lacoste. I've opened several of these over the years, and every time I've felt it was not ready yet.

After tasting both wines, I decided to decant both of them to give them a couple of hours of air. They both were fabulous wines to go with the lamb dish. In fact they really needed food to show their best. The Angelus was just a tad more developed and open while the GPL still needed a bit of coaxing in the glass to show its best. I would give them both around 95 points. And they were very much appreciated and enjoyed by everyone.

[Nicklasss]

Nice wines John.

Angélus is a wine i did not had very often. GPL i had many, but the 1995 for the first time last summer at Jim’s place. I liked it a lot, as the 1995 Lagrange tried at the same time.

I don’t have 30 yo old Bordeaux, wish i had some.

[stefan]

Nice contrast in your mini-vertical, Jon. I have drunk almost all of the 95s I purchased on release. I do have a few in Oregon that I bought at auctions. I think that overall 1995 is a better vintage than 1996, because while 1996 is better on the left bank, the 1995 right bank wines are far superior to the left bank ones.

[DavidG]

Super wines, Jon. My ‘95s are long gone, but I remember loving the Angelus. Don’t recall having the ‘95 GPL.

[JimHow]

Both awesome wines in my experience, 1995 GPL is best GPL ever, in my book.

[KevinH]

I’ve been drinking through cases of both the 95 and 96 GPL. Both are very good, the 95 is not yet ready but the 96 is. I prefer the latter because I prefer the 96 vintage at this stage in their evolution.