Community Tasting Note
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slaughterer Does not like this wine: 84 points
December 21, 2021 - Here's a wine that seems to have failed to get past the tannic hump of many 2005 BDX wines. There is still a modicum of black fruit here to be sure, and you can taste oak spice, tar and leather from the aging process. But overall it is unpleasant and a struggle to drink. King and Queen's new clothes.
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Hein commented:
12/21/21, 9:08 AM - This wine needs air and after approximately 4 hours in a decanter it is fantastic, even though still somewhat on the young side, but already a great pleasure to drink. The low score of 84 points is absolutely not justified.
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slaughterer commented:
12/21/21, 10:54 AM - I take your criticism of my note very seriously, but I gave this SHL 05 more than enough air, drinking it over 3 successive days, allowing it every opportunity to unfurl. It remained unpleasant from day 1 to day 3. Any score above 84 is unjustified IMO.
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StartsWithB commented:
1/10/22, 3:22 PM - I think it’s possible you had a bad bottle. This continues to be my favourite bottle of all time. In my experience it’s drinking pretty well right out of the gate.
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Hein commented:
1/11/22, 3:49 AM - Robert Parker himself gave this 2005 SHL 98 points in his last note published June 2015. As to 2005 BDX wines generally, it took a long time for the top wines to become accessable, but I find more and more of them are becoming a pleasure to drink although some of them are still too young to be fully appreciated.