The 1995 Ursules note (thank you for the warning) reminded me that I’ve been wondering about the current status of the vintage. It drank well for while but my last few bottles spread out over the last 5 years or so have led me to believe it’s in a shut down state and shouldn’t be touched for a while.
Is that everyone else’s experience? I’m reluctant to experiment too much as I’m afraid of wasting the wine.
Had a De Montille champans a couple of months ago and it was absolutely singing. No other recent experience of the vintage.
This is a vintage I keep my eye out for, but it’s kind of a frustrating one because maybe 1 out of every 4 will be stupendous, one will seem stale and DOA, and two will be kind of closed up and hard to tell which way they’re going. But then those stupendous ones keep motivating me to get (and open) more.
I have mostly held off, but a Rousseau Clos de la Roche I opened in April was fabulous, albeit it young.
What have you had that was stale or DOA, Keith? I’ve held off because most that I tried through the mid-2000s were still pretty tight and ungiving.
1995 Rousseau Cazetiers is drinking well.
Great, I do have this wine in bond warehouse.
We did a big 95 horizontal last month - lots of notes on UK wine pages. Broadly speaking the wines needed more time. Not shut down completely but certainly not singing yet.
I think Keith’s summary is pretty accurate.
I’ve only had 10 or so over the past couple years.
Jadot CSJ was brilliant once, kinda shut down second bottle.
Faiveley LSG and Mazi were nowhere near ready last year.
HN Charmes was good.
For those who drink more than I…is '95 a good vintage, in general, and is a time thing?
I like '96 better…and even some '98s already.
1996 showed better young but shut down hard earlier than 1995. For a long time I preferred 95s but then they shut down and now 96s are opening up.
All vintage generalizations to be taken witha shaker full of salt of course.
Thank you! I found the notes and it seems to confirm my inclination to wait.
At least many 1993s and 1996s are finally opening.