Wine: France: Bordeaux:
Futures
2005 Bordeaux Futures Offering
After spending the first week of April in Bordeaux tasting hundreds of wines from the 2005 vintage, I can honestly report that 2005 is truly a great vintage ! The weather conditions for 2005 were virtually perfect throughout Bordeaux and many vintners reported harvesting grapes in ‘perfect’ condition. The resulting wines have great purity of fruit and balance. The wines are ripe and rich, with a deep blue character to the fruit and no overripe flavors. The tannins are high, but they are ripe tannins, with a more silky and suave character than the 2000 vintage where the tannins were more muscular. Perhaps best of all, the wines have good acidity. This gives the wines a fresh and bright character; even with relatively high alcohol and extract the wines are not heavy – they are fine and elegant with polish and precision. It is also an excellent vintage for the dry white wines and for the Sauternes ! As one winemaker said, “If you didn’t make good wine in 2005, you should probably change careers because Mother Nature is never going to make it any easier.” - Mark Wessels“I just spent two weeks tasting them in February ‘07,and the 2005s were singing..had many of them 2-4 different times in different settings....prices are not going down...the wines are the real deal….it is the greatest vintage I have tasted since I started way back in the dark ages of Bordeaux....1978........there are utterly monumental wines”
-Robert Parker on erobertparker.com
Scores
Number of wines found: 76
| Size | Sale | |||
| 36272 | 2005 Chateau Bahans Haut Brion - Pessac | 750ml | 64.99 | |
| 36953 | 2005 Chateau Baron de Brane - Margaux | 375ml | 14.99 | |
| 36316 | 2005 Chateau Baron de Brane - Margaux | 750ml | 24.99 | |
| 36269 | 2005 Chateau Beausejour Becot - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 79.99 | |
| 36223 | 2005 Chateau Blason D'Issan - Margaux | 750ml | 25.99 | |
| 36234 | 2005 Chateau Boyd Cantenac - Margaux | 750ml | 59.99 | |
| 36268 | 2005 Chateau Calon Segur - St.-Estephe | 750ml | 119.00 | |
| 36054 | 2005 Chateau Cap de Faugers - Cotes de Castillon | 750ml | 19.99 | |
| 36143 | 2005 Chateau Carbonnieux Blanc - Pessac | 750ml | 45.99 | |
| 36091 | 2005 Chateau Carmes Haut Brion - Pessac | 750ml | 64.99 | |
| 36459 | 2005 Chateau Clarke - Medoc | 750ml | 29.99 | |
| 36319 | 2005 Chateau Clauzet - St.-Estephe | 750ml | 21.99 | |
| 36320 | 2005 Chateau Clementin Pape Clement - Pessac | 750ml | 34.99 | |
| 36274 | 2005 Chateau Climens - Sauternes | 750ml | 125.00 | |
| 36096 | 2005 Chateau Clos Haut Peyraguey - Sauternes | 375ml | 24.99 | |
| 35909 | 2005 Chateau Clos Haut Peyraquey - Sauternes | 750ml | 43.99 | |
| 36097 | 2005 Chateau Clos L'Eglise - Cotes de Castillon | 750ml | 29.99 | |
| 36271 | 2005 Chateau Clos Lunelles - Cotes de Castillon | 750ml | 48.99 | |
| 36275 | 2005 Chateau Clos Marquis - St.-Julien | 750ml | 54.99 | |
| 36025 | 2005 Chateau Clos Puy Arnaud - Cotes de Castillon | 750ml | 29.99 | |
| 36339 | 2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - St.-Estephe | 750ml | 289.00 | |
| 36098 | 2005 Chateau Cote Montpezat - Cotes de Castillon | 750ml | 14.99 | |
| 36100 | 2005 Chateau Coutet - Sauternes | 375ml | 38.99 | |
| 36099 | 2005 Chateau Coutet - Sauternes | 750ml | 52.99 | |
| 36277 | 2005 Chateau Croix Beaucaillou - St.-Julien | 750ml | 32.99 | |
| 37110 | 2005 Chateau D'Yquem - Sauternes | 375ml | 325.00 | |
| 36489 | 2005 Chateau D'Yquem - Sauternes | 750ml | 650.00 | |
| 36351 | 2005 Chateau De Fargues - Sauternes | 375ml | 56.99 | |
| 36237 | 2005 Chateau Destieux - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 43.99 | |
| 36322 | 2005 Chateau Doisy Vedrines - Sauternes | 750ml | 34.99 | |
| 36171 | 2005 Chateau Du Tertre - Margaux | 750ml | 44.99 | |
| 36321 | 2005 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou - St.-Julien | 750ml | 265.00 | |
| 36323 | 2005 Chateau Duhart Milon Rothschild - Pauillac | 750ml | 74.99 | |
| 36203 | 2005 Chateau Fombrauge - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 39.99 | |
| 36118 | 2005 Chateau Fonbel - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 27.99 | |
| 36233 | 2005 Chateau Giscours - Margaux | 750ml | 85.99 | |
| 36104 | 2005 Chateau Goulee - Medoc | 750ml | 29.99 | |
| 36239 | 2005 Chateau Grand Pontet - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 57.99 | |
| 36325 | 2005 Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste - Pauillac | 750ml | 115.00 | |
| 36280 | 2005 Chateau Grandes Murailles - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 56.99 | |
| 36204 | 2005 Chateau Grands Chenes - Medoc | 750ml | 24.99 | |
| 36107 | 2005 Chateau Guiraud - Sauternes | 750ml | 54.99 | |
| 36109 | 2005 Chateau Haut Bergey Blanc - Pessac | 750ml | 29.99 | |
| 36040 | 2005 Chateau Haut Bergey Rouge - Pessac | 750ml | 43.99 | |
| 36424 | 2005 Chateau La Clemence - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 79.99 | |
| 36055 | 2005 Chateau La Fleur Bouard - Lalande de Pomerol | 750ml | 39.99 | |
| 41518 | 2005 Chateau La Gurgue - Margaux | 750ml | 27.99 | |
| 35907 | 2005 Chateau La Tour Blanche - Sauternes | 375ml | 29.99 | |
| 35908 | 2005 Chateau La Tour Blanche - Sauternes | 750ml | 52.99 | |
| 36285 | 2005 Chateau La Tour Haut Brion - Pessac | 750ml | 59.99 | |
| 36327 | 2005 Chateau Lafaurie Peraguey - Sauternes | 750ml | 49.99 | |
| 36302 | 2005 Chateau Leoville Poyferre - St.-Julien | 750ml | 119.00 | |
| 36150 | 2005 Chateau Malartic Lagravieres - Pessac | 750ml | 43.99 | |
| 36111 | 2005 Chateau Meyney - St.-Estephe | 750ml | 37.99 | |
| 36112 | 2005 Chateau Monbousquet - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 95.99 | |
| 36290 | 2005 Chateau Montrose - St.-Estephe | 750ml | 159.00 | |
| 36231 | 2005 Chateau Moulin St George - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 52.99 | |
| 36955 | 2005 Chateau Paveil de Luze - Margaux | 375ml | 12.99 | |
| 36293 | 2005 Chateau Pichon Baron - Pauillac | 750ml | 139.00 | |
| 36294 | 2005 Chateau Pichon Lalande - Pauillac | 750ml | 139.00 | |
| 36942 | 2005 Chateau Pichon Lalande - Pauillac | MAG | 299.00 | |
| 36295 | 2005 Chateau Pontet Canet - Pauillac | 750ml | 139.00 | |
| 36170 | 2005 Chateau Prieure Lichine - Margaux | 750ml | 49.99 | |
| 35861 | 2005 Chateau Quinault L'Enclos - St.-Emilion | 750ml | 65.99 | |
| 36469 | 2005 Chateau Raymond Lafon - Sauternes | 375ml | 29.99 | |
| 36114 | 2005 Chateau Raymond Lafon - Sauternes | 750ml | 52.99 | |
| 35906 | 2005 Chateau Reignac - Bordeaux | 750ml | 33.99 | |
| 35858 | 2005 Chateau Rieussec - Sauternes | 750ml | 79.99 | |
| 35860 | 2005 Chateau Rieussec - Sauternes | MAG | 159.00 | |
| 36296 | 2005 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte - Pessac | 750ml | 99.00 | |
| 36115 | 2005 Chateau St Colombes - Cotes de Castillon | 750ml | 14.99 | |
| 36334 | 2005 Chateau St. Pierre - St.-Julien | 750ml | 59.99 | |
| 36909 | 2005 Chateau St. Pierre - St.-Julien | MAG | 129.00 | |
| 35905 | 2005 Chateau Suduiraut - Sauternes | 375ml | 38.99 | |
| 35875 | 2005 Chateau Suduiraut - Sauternes | 750ml | 99.99 | |
| 36166 | 2005 Chateau Talbot - St.-Julien | 750ml | 69.99 | |
* = Sale Price, no further discount
