2005 Château Durfort-Vivens

Community Tasting Notes (62) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  3/5/2024 - markloveschampagne Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Fantastic wine - still showing great primaries, red cherry, cranberry, cassis, blackberry and hedgerow, combined with forest floor, mushroom, cedar, tobacco and hints of liquorice and vanilla. Good acidity and supple tannins. Drinking very well - perhaps another 2-5 years left.

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  4/9/2023 - ProfAvi Likes this wine: 88 Points

  There seems to be a good deal of agreement on here about this wine.
  
  I bought a case EP. Stored for 10 years and been drinking since 2015.
  My view of this wine hasn't changed too much.
  
  First bottle for a few years. Opened and poured.
  Lovely colour, deep blood red. Dripping with legs.
  Lovely inviting, flowery perfume on the nose, followed by deep red fruits - not sure what fruits though, but you know what I mean.
  
  However, this promise is not delivered on the palate which is out of balance for me. Fading red fruit gives way to still noticeable tannins but with a thin finish. I can't detect too many developing tertiary flavours, that I would expect by now.
  
  However, it's a really good, food friendly wine, and mellows out with food and is more balanced.
  
  If drinking now still worth an hour or two in the decanter especially if sharing with others.
  
  Would I buy it now?
  
  No.
  
  Currently retailing at ~£100.
  
  At this price, and for an 18 yr old wine, way better value for money/ flavour elsewhere, especially for me Spain.

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  11/19/2022 - davergny wrote: 89 Points

  Agree with Fussyeater. It’s a fragrant, well balanced wine, but not much depth, length, or complexity. Floral notes and red fruit give it some Margaux character, but in a vintage like 2005, I was hoping for more energy, lift, depth and complexity.

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  9/4/2022 - NMIZ Likes this wine: 92 Points

  tannins resolved. smooth. long finish. good with steak. quite fragrant.

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  4/18/2022 - nickuk Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Still singing - tannins, acidity and fruit integrated nicely, providing a full smooth mouthful beautifully paired with seven hour slow roast Easter lamb, bringing out the flavours and with a long extended finish. A nice bottle shared with great friends, I wish I had more than two left. Double decanted (back into bottle) half an hour before serving.

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