Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Inseon Hwang

9.8

Dark cherries, licorice, a little pepper — 12 days ago

Andrew, Tom and 3 others liked this

Château Calon-Ségur

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Sean Townley

9.3

Wonderful nose. Slightly muted / past prime but still very enjoyable — 2 months ago

David liked this

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2005

leon egozi

9.6

NY wine spectator eventp — 2 months ago

Juan, Bob and 12 others liked this

Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Pretty much the same as the Pavillon Rouge , ruby garnet core and garnet ruby rim. This is quite serious and classic , with blackcurrant , grafite , blackberry , mineral hints, oyster shell and cedar . The tannin is still quite grippy and a little drying , quite fresh acidity , dry spice and grafite tinged finish of good length . Mineral , grafite , oyster shell finish . Needs a little more time to integrate the tannins , but it’s promising and classic in style . Better in 5 years and will last well a further 10-15 . — 3 months ago

Dave, Tom and 12 others liked this

Somm David T

Still have a couple bottles of this amazing producer that RP frowned on in early reviews. Always struggled to imagine this producer missing in 05. Cheers! 🍷

Château Pavie

Saint-Èmilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Conrad Green

9.2

Polished and intense. Great texture. Lovely deep fruit. A touch hot — a month ago

with Bex

Bob, Tom and 5 others liked this

Château Beychevelle

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

AHF

9.5

From .375 at 20 years. Deep ruby color to rim. Open and mature. — 2 months ago

David liked this

Château Brane-Cantenac

Grand Cru Classé en 1855 Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Ross Bathgate

9.5

Glorious mature Margaux. So perfect with our hangar steak on the bone. — 3 months ago

with Ian

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Tom Garland

9.2

2 hour decant(little fine sediment). A splendid dark magenta with some bricking. On the nose: subdued but enticing notes of blackberry, cassis, cigar wrapper, clove, pine, maybe a touch of brett. Taste: silky, still youthful at 20 wine with blackberry, red fruit, graphite, spice, and a medium smokey licorice tar finish. YUM..good but expecting more for the year..will wait a few years for next attempt. — 2 months ago

with Brenda

Tom, Douglas and 18 others liked this

Rob Brobst III

@Tom Garland I have a small collection of 2005 Bordeaux. I might need to get a bottle this from ya!

Rob Brobst III

@Tom Garland and hold a private dinner to explore possibilities!!!

Tom Garland

@Rob Brobst III Sounds fun! Pick em carefully...as Andrew said, some drinking well, while others need more time even at age 20. Cheers!

Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2005

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2005 vintage. 375 ml bottle. In a good place now. — 3 months ago

Tom, Dave and 10 others liked this

Château Margaux

Pavillon Rouge Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Medium ruby garnet , quite thin garnet ruby rim . Quite rounded blackberry , cassis , red plum , violet, cedar and burnt embers . On the palate this is quite elegant and red fruited ,red plum , cherry , blackberry and hint of red currant . Quite rounded and generous , balanced acidity and suave , velvety tannins . Medium length , with slightly smoky red fruit finish . This is showing well now , and is the middle of its drinking window . Now and over the next 5 years or so — 3 months ago

Dave, Tom and 9 others liked this