2005 Château Paloumey

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  2/19/2024 - caesar77 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Consistent w/ previous note from Jan of 2023 but less vibrant on day two. I think this is may be the peak and the window is starting to close. Previous note:
  
  PnP. Dark garnet with dark red edge in color. Nose of mulberry, damson plum and prunes. On the palate: mellow red fruit, dry cranberry and earth. Tannins are smooth and earthy, nicely integrated, but still holding a great frame for the fruit. Medium-to-long finish of red fruit. This wine still has impressive intensity...tasted over three days and was fairly consistent suggesting it has many good years left. That said, I do not see it improving over time. Only the length of the finish prevented a better score and I'm imagining that even in its youth the finish was not much longer.

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  5/9/2023 - Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente wrote:

  Essentially the same as the last time, and agree with the previous note about the short finish
  Ok, but wondering if I should care less about what kind of aged Bordeaux I can pick up for x$, and more what's the best wine I can get for that price

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  1/15/2023 - caesar77 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  PnP. Dark garnet with dark red edge in color. Nose of mulberry, damson plum and prunes. On the palate: mellow red fruit, dry cranberry and earth. Tannins are smooth and earthy, nicely integrated, but still holding a great frame for the fruit. Medium-to-long finish of red fruit. This wine still has impressive intensity...tasted over three days and was fairly consistent suggesting it has many good years left. That said, I do not see it improving over time. Only the length of the finish prevented a better score and I'm imagining that even in its youth the finish was not much longer.

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  1/10/2023 - Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente wrote:

  The first 2 days, the best I could say about this muddled tobacco is you'd never guess it's from anywhere else
  It's better on day 3 when aronia, red currant, celery (unfortunately), and blackberry peek through, and 4 when it's blueberry compote to a nearly New World extent
  $32, from a recent Gordon's offer, is fair, by a hair

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  4/16/2020 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

  13% alcohol. CS 55%, M 40%, CF 5%. Very good cork, very dense and pretty long and showing no wine penetration whatsoever. Decanted 45 mn ahead. The colour is deep and it shows no sign of fading.
  The nose is very engaging with wild dark berries (and confectionery developing after a while). The mouth is better still, with a winning juicy quality and excellent grip. Some oak comes across as welcome seasoning.
  A joyous wine, and it is not often that I would say this about a Bordeaux. This must have costed no more than low double figures, and it delivers well above its price point. Will last another ten years without a bother. This is an object lesson in integrating a fair dose of M without swamping the CS. A success without a doubt. Oh, and did I say that I like it ?

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