1995 M. Chapoutier La Mordoree Cote-Rotie

95 Points - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate

“Chapoutier makes no bones about the fact that he prefers his 1996 Cote-Roties to his 1995s. Wealthy readers with access to Chapoutier's wines will have fun determining whether the 1995 or 1996 Cote-Rotie La Mordoree is the superior wine. Both are terrific examples of Cote-Rotie with 20-25 years of evolution. The 1995 is a superb wine. Both wines possess intensely saturated black/purple colors, and smoky, black raspberry, coffee, and chocolate-scented noses with black olives thrown in for complexity. Both are medium to full-bodied, rich, extraordinary examples of Cote-Rotie that possess power as well as finesse.”

95 Points - Jeb Dunnuck, Jeb Dunnuck

“The 1995 Cote-Rotie Cuvee Mordoree is drinking beautifully today. Coming from the Cote Brune lieu-dit and from a cooler, slightly higher acid vintage, this beauty has evolved gracefully and offers everything you could want from a mature Cote Rotie; ripe black fruits, smoked meats, olive, game and hints of leather all flow to a medium to full-bodied, silky, seamless beauty drinking at point. This bottle continued to open up over the evening and while it's not going to get better, it will certainly keep for another decade.”