Brilliant full ruby. Very dark aromas of cassis, bitter chocolate, shoe polish, black truffle and menthol. Big, soft and sweet in the mouth, with a strong component of chocolatey oak. Doesn't have the same structure or thrust as the '94 but is undeniably broad and mouthfilling. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins.

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The dark ruby-colored 1995 Quilceda Creek contains 12% Merlot, a high figure for this Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated wine. It reveals an expressive, ripe, and violet-laced nose as well as wonderful layers of blackberry, red currant, cassis, and floral flavors. This medium-to-full-bodied, elegant and refined wine is intensely concentrated and flavorful, but certainly not on the level of the blockbuster 1994. In its youth this silky-textured wine is quintessential Golitzen, polished, precise, focused, and gracefully exhibiting highly-defined sweet fruit. It is certainly ageworthy, but I predict it will attain its peak of maturity earlier than its older sibling.

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Firm and chewy, a solid wine with appealing blackberry, plum and currant flavors poking through the thin veil of tannins draped over the finish. Flavors linger impressively.

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I had this at a tasting on 4/18/09. It had a wonderful, dark bouquet of black currant, blackberry, black cherry, spice, cumin, cigar box and vanilla aromas...all of which followed on the palate. The tannins were round and well integrated. Smooth, seamless and very well balanced! It was a fabulous cabernet.