In Bond Fine Wine. 1995 Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche, Clos de la Roche, Burgundy, France. Grand Cru • Red Burgundy in 1x75cl. Top critic score: 97/100 (RP). Drinking window: 2004–2016. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Robert Parker (RP) — 97/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 31/08/1998 · Drink 2006-2020+
This dark ruby-colored wine (originally rated 93-95 in Issue #111) displays enthralling scents of candied hazelnuts, stones, fresh herbs, blackberries, blueberries, plums, and wet gravel basking in the sun. It is just as extraordinary and complex on the palate as it is aromatically, offering an awesomely intense, broad, and expansive character. This full-bodied, mouth-coating, oily-textured, and…
Pierre Rovani (PR) — 93–95/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 27/06/1997 · Drink 2004-2016
The profound, dark-colored Clos De La Roche is splendid - obviously one of the wines of the vintage. It explodes aromatically with scents of nuts, dark spices, black fruits, and raw and grilled meats. Exhibiting intense richness, an oily texture and complex flavors of minerals, spices, earth, and red and black berries, this chewy, full-bodied wine is built to last. It requires 7 years of cellarin…