Wine: France: Bordeaux:

2005 Bordeaux

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

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Number of wines found: 58

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420132005 Chateau Aromes de Pavie - St Emilion750ml69.99Add to Cart.
432082005 Chateau Bastor Lamontagne - Sauternes750ml30.99Add to Cart.
362692005 Chateau Beausejour Becot - St. Emilion750ml79.99Add to Cart.
362082005 Chateau Bellevue - St. Emilion750ml87.99Add to Cart.
362442005 Chateau Branaire Ducru - St. Julien750ml89.99Add to Cart.
539982005 Chateau Caronnes St. Gemme - Medoc1.5L49.99Add to Cart.
539992005 Chateau Caronnes St. Gemme - Medoc6L199.00Add to Cart.
364252005 Chateau Cheval Blanc - St. Emilion750ml899.00Add to Cart.
361882005 Chateau Climens - Sauternes375ml69.99Add to Cart.
362742005 Chateau Climens - Sauternes750ml125.00Add to Cart.
360962005 Chateau Clos Haut Peyraguey - Sauternes375ml24.99Add to Cart.
359092005 Chateau Clos Haut Peyraguey - Sauternes750ml43.99Add to Cart.
360972005 Chateau Clos L'Eglise - Cotes de Castillon750ml29.99Add to Cart.
363392005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - St. Estephe750ml239.00Add to Cart.
361002005 Chateau Coutet - Sauternes375ml38.99Add to Cart.
360992005 Chateau Coutet - Sauternes750ml52.99Add to Cart.
371102005 Chateau D'Yquem - Sauternes375ml325.00Add to Cart.
363512005 Chateau De Fargues - Sauternes375ml56.99Add to Cart.
365362005 Chateau De Fargues - Sauternes750ml99.00Add to Cart.
424042005 Chateau De Francs Cerisiers - Cotes de Francs750ml24.99Add to Cart.
431992005 Chateau Doisy Daene - Sauternes375ml24.99Add to Cart.
362382005 Chateau Domaine de Chevalier - Pessac750ml79.99Add to Cart.
363212005 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou - St. Julien750ml265.00Add to Cart.
420692005 Chateau Fieuzal - Pessac750ml43.99Add to Cart.
362332005 Chateau Giscours - Margaux750ml85.99Add to Cart.
361052005 Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne - St. Emilion750ml39.99Add to Cart.
362802005 Chateau Grandes Murailles - St. Emilion750ml59.99Add to Cart.
424442005 Chateau Gruaud Larose - St Julien750ml89.99Add to Cart.
361082005 Chateau Guiraud - Sauternes375ml39.99Add to Cart.
361072005 Chateau Guiraud - Sauternes750ml76.99Add to Cart.
362812005 Chateau Haut Bailly - Pessac750ml125.00Add to Cart.
360402005 Chateau Haut Bergey Rouge - Pessac750ml45.99Add to Cart.
362822005 Chateau Haut Brion - Pessac750ml1,099.00Add to Cart.
362022005 Chateau Kirwan - Margaux750ml89.95Add to Cart.
364242005 Chateau La Clemence - Pomerol750ml79.99Add to Cart.
362842005 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion - Pessac750ml999.00Add to Cart.
359072005 Chateau La Tour Blanche - Sauternes375ml31.99Add to Cart.
359082005 Chateau La Tour Blanche - Sauternes750ml52.99Add to Cart.
419522005 Chateau Lafaurie Peyraguey - Sauternes375ml25.99Add to Cart.
363272005 Chateau Lafaurie Peyraguey - Sauternes750ml49.99Add to Cart.
415192005 Chateau Lanessan - Haut Medoc750ml29.99Add to Cart.
362862005 Chateau Lasombes - Margaux750ml99.99Add to Cart.
362872005 Chateau Laville Haut Brion Blanc - Pessac750ml250.00Add to Cart.
362892005 Chateau Leoville Barton - St. Julien750ml129.00Add to Cart.
361872005 Chateau Leoville Las Cases - St. Julien750ml399.00Add to Cart.
363022005 Chateau Leoville Poyferre - St. Julien750ml149.00Add to Cart.
361502005 Chateau Malartic Lagravieres - Pessac750ml49.99Add to Cart.
361122005 Chateau Monbousquet - St. Emilion750ml79.99Add to Cart.
362902005 Chateau Montrose - St. Estephe750ml159.00Add to Cart.
361722005 Chateau Mouton Rothschild - Pauillac750ml799.00Add to Cart.
362622005 Chateau Pavie Macquin - St. Emilion750ml299.00Add to Cart.
369422005 Chateau Pichon Lalande - Pauillac1.5L299.00Add to Cart.
364692005 Chateau Raymond Lafon - Sauternes375ml29.99Add to Cart.
361142005 Chateau Raymond Lafon - Sauternes750ml52.99Add to Cart.
414622005 Chateau Rose Piney - St. Emilion750ml23.99Add to Cart.
362962005 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte - Pessac750ml99.99Add to Cart.
359052005 Chateau Suduiraut - Sauternes375ml43.99Add to Cart.
358752005 Chateau Suduiraut - Sauternes750ml99.99Add to Cart.

 

 

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