From the very good 1995 vintage and scoring 95100 parker points this vintage is aging at a glacial pace and the tannins are currently more significant than their counterbalancing components of fruit and glycerin while the word potential seems to be the most positive descriptor for this vintage there are some nagging doubts about whether all the tannins will melt away and the fruit will hold as in most 1995s the color remains a healthy dark plumpurple one of the bigger wines of the vinta