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2005 Château Bolaire
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Bordeaux Supérieur
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Community Tasting Notes 39
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OhioNerd Likes this wine: 88 points
April 29, 2023 - Weak nose. Blackberry, earth and cedar
Palate is simple - earth, blackberry and moderate tannins. Maybe a few spices as well.
Medium finish.
Not going to get better.
Not bad, aging well but not great. -
dlowrey99 Likes this wine: 87 points
November 20, 2020 - doing well for a 15 year old superieur, still strong tannins and dark brooding fruit/earth. agree with others the wine is straightforward, but still enjoyable in its simplicity. great for easy drinking to pair with food - i had it with beef stew and mushroom swiss burgers over two nights.
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GGinSF wrote: 86 points
May 20, 2020 - Interesting, but not thrilling. At $17 on release, it's held up surprising well for 15 years but it didn't blossom into a high-end Bordeaux.
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PIntag wrote: 88 points
February 18, 2020 - Showed a bit better than the bottle from last month. Again, the large percentage of PV makes this an interesting, if not atypical, Bordeaux red. Enjoyable, but not nearly as good as a bottle of 2005 Chateau Chatelet that was consumed prior to this.
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bestdamncab Likes this wine: 90 points
January 25, 2020 - Poured from magnum, auction bottle, nose of black berry, boysenberry, and allspice, on the palate, big body, tasty, mouth filling fruit, smart purchase from a great vintage for $63, enough fruit, complexity, and polish that easily rewards your cellar efforts, medium/long finish, good stuff in other vintages suggest you try it.
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By Richard Jennings
6/3/2008 (link) 88 points(Château Bolaire) Light berry nose; tight, solid plum, black fruit palate with slight minty note mid-palate; medium finish (40% Petit Verdot, 31% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Château Bolaire
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Bordeaux Supérieur
- UPC Code 870952007224
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 164 (41%)
- Consumed 240 (59%)
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- RegionBordeaux
- AppellationBordeaux Supérieur
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