2005 Château Valrose St. Estèphe Cuvée Alienor

Community Tasting Notes (154) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  1/21/2024 - Kentw wrote: 86 Points

  This bottle was better than the last one, my last bottle. Full body, heavy, very dark fruits dominate with some burnt toast and fairly dry. The flavor profile is longer providing distinct fruit characteristics, but some may like it this way. Just very dense because of age and it never matured to what was expected based on prior vintages.

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  9/26/2023 - Jd6725 wrote: 90 Points

  Perfectly decent wine. Shows the warmth of the vintage a bit. Decent QPR. No real signs of complexity but enough depth to be enjoyable

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  5/27/2023 - Kentw wrote: 78 Points

  Past Prime. Two years ago drinkable, but now mostly burnt toast and raisins. No fruit to speak of but some old funk on opening. Stored properly in wine cabinet. Very disappointed in this wine for this vintage. Never stood out since it was bought 15 years ago.

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  5/7/2022 - gcarl wrote: 91 Points

  Still a pleasing wine with the same impressions I have written 0ver the last 8 years

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  2/19/2022 - boegemann Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Please give it time. 3 hours at least, and the refined beauty of this wine shines. No need to break it down. It’s lovely.

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