Chateau Haut Brion 1er Cru 1995 in 12er Holzkiste

Robert Parker: It is fun to go back and forth between the 1995 and 1996, two superb vintages for Haut-Brion. The 1995 seems to have sweeter tannin and a bit more fat and seamlessness when compared to the more structured and muscular 1996. Certainly 1995 was a vintage that the brilliant administrator Jean Delmas handled flawlessly. The result is a deep ruby/purple-colored wine with a tight but promising nose of burning wood embers intermixed with vanilla, spice box, earth, mineral, sweet cherry, black currant, plum-like fruit, medium to full body, a high level of ripe but sweet tannin, and a finish that goes on for a good 40-45 seconds. This wine is just beginning to emerge from a very closed state where it was unyielding and backward.96/100 (2003)

Lobenberg: Sattes Rubinrot. Explosive Fruchtnase, schwarze Frucht, Vanille, Gewürze, Rauch. Voll, mittlerer Körper, reife Frucht, perfekte Balance von Säure, Tannin und Holz, sehr offen, sehr fein, früh trinkreif und wird dennoch unheimlich lagerfähig sein. 97/100