1995 Chateau La Pointe

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Alex Bridgeman
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1995 Chateau La Pointe

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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.
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2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Re: 1995 Chateau La Pointe

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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.

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Re: 1995 Chateau La Pointe

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