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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Mon, Jan 26, 2026 04:02 PM cst
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Regions: USA Red
Vintages: Between 1995 and 1995
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Qty |
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| Beaulieu Vineyard |
1995 |
Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon  |
$165 |
2 |
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VM 90-93 (6/1999): Bright ruby-red. Aromas of raw currant, coffee and smoked meat. Lush yet somewhat stunted flavors of black cherry and cassis. A substantial wine with plenty of fat and structure, but seems a bit pinched, even short today. The tannins build with aeration. Needs time in bottle.
WA 88 (8/1999): In 1995, the renowned Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve is extremely tannic, with noticeable oak, earth, and spice in the closed, unyielding aromatics. The color is a healthy dark ruby. The wine is medium-bodied with copious cassis buttressed by high tannin, generous oak, and sweet black currant fruit, a firm finish, and a closed personality. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2012.
WS 93 (10/1998): Complex and elegant, with ripe, round, plush, currant, cherry, berry and spice flavors, and a long, rich finish that gains nuances of cedar, anise, tobacco and mineral. Echoes toasty, spicy, vanilla-tinged oak on the aftertaste. Impressive finesse and polish. Best from 1999 through 2007 |
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| Constant |
1995 |
Diamond Mountain Vyd. Cabernet Sauvignon |
$75 |
2 |
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WA 90 (12/1999): The 1995 Diamond Mountain Vineyard is an outstanding effort. Made with the consultation of Philippe Melka, this blend of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 9% Cabernet Franc offers scents of melted tar, loamy soil, black currants, and minerals. Well-crafted, with moderate tannin, this austere, medium-bodied effort exhibits a sweet mid-palate, excellent overall harmony, and the tell-tale lead pencil, toasty oak, and black currant fruit indicative of a high-class Cabernet. Although not weighty, the emphasis is finesse and complexity. It will benefit from 2-3 years of cellaring, and will last for 15-16 years.
VM 88 (6/2016): Good medium red. Mellow aromas of plum, redcurrant, mocha, sweet butter and woodsmoke. Quite smooth and moderately sweet, with a firm spine of acidity carrying through the wine. A slightly herbal Cabernet Franc element lifts the finish but clashes a bit with the firm, granular tannins, leaving the back end a bit dusty, not to mention green. But there's no shortage of energy here. Stephen Tanzer. |
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| Hess Collection |
1995 |
Cabernet Sauvignon Bin-Soiled Label; Nicked Label; Scuffed Label |
$30 |
1 |
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| WA 87-90 (6/1997): This wine possesses admirable potential, yet the high level of hard tannin in the finish raises reservations about its overall balance. Nevertheless, there are plenty of positive characteristics to be found in this opaque purple-colored wine. Exhibiting sweet, earthy, cassis-scented fruit, the wine is medium to full-bodied and dense, with potentially Outstanding raw materials. Let's hope the winery does not strip the aromas, fruit, and body out of the wine by too much processing prior to bottling. If this wine remains intact, it should be one of the finest regular Cabernets Hess Collection has yet produced. (Tasted in barrel.) |
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