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2005 Château Liversan |
| Vintage | 2005 |  Label 1 of 7   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Liversan | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Médoc | ||
| Appellation | Haut-Médoc | ||
| UPC Code | 187674000540 |
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| Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Liversan on the Wine Market Journal. |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 86.3 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 33 notes) | |
| Tasted by ahipperson on 7/15/2010 & rated 80 points: (324 views) | |
| Tasted by vinzen cellar on 7/14/2010 & rated 87 points: (352 views) | |
| Tasted by vinzen cellar on 7/14/2010 & rated 87 points: Good expensive Bourdeax (418 views) | |
| Tasted by TexasBob on 5/29/2010 & rated 83 points: Lots of thick ripe black fruit on the nose. Serviceable table wine - excellent tannins and solid structure, but it lacks the complexity and smoothness to offer anything other than a wash-down level of utility and pleasure. (606 views) | |
| Tasted by Bderge on 4/18/2010 & rated 84 points: Some dark cassis on the nose. Slight vegetable quality (green pepper). Unexciting first drin, with very little fruit, but an interesting hint of earthiness. Might need a little more time or a good decanting. (774 views) | |
| Tasted by mariolanza on 4/5/2010 & rated 83 points: Reasonable drink for the price. No intensity here. Just good standard bordeaux blend. (879 views) | |
| Tasted by Finare Vinare on 2/14/2010 & rated 82 points: Unexciting blackcurrant nose with bell pepper and petrochemicals. Green and bitter tannins. Leaves an ugly grimace on the drinker's face. How could they blow it in a super year? Big disappointment. (1267 views) | |
| Tasted by cobystilp on 1/18/2010 & rated 91 points: Opened, popped and poured on a Saturday night down in Rockport. It didn't really impress on night one. Vacuvined and left on the counter for 2 more nights. Transported back to Austin and re-opened after we got the kids to bed. It is a completely different and awesome wine tonight. It has just a little chill to it and has been aerating for two days. Wow! Full of great red fruits and cedar box. Hold on to your bottles for a few more years boys. This one needs some bottle age to show. (1233 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 9/27/2009 & rated 84 points: Ok cassis juice. The tannin is a bit edgy and green. Ok wine, but no luxury. Give it 3 - 5 years of rest, maybe it will evolve for the better. (1281 views) | |
| Tasted by Cellar Baron on 8/20/2009 & rated 85 points: (1367 views) | |
| Tasted by firespeed_1 on 8/2/2009 & rated 85 points: The 2005 Liversan had a dark ruby/purple core with a garnet rim. The colour suggested that it had already reached maturity. On the nose, it revealed red fruits, new oak and spice. On the palate, it was rather disappointing, it was medium bodied, a little too acidic and rather diluted. In my opinion, the wine was overoaked as there was not enough fruit to support it. The finish was short. Drink now or up to 2 years. In Bordeaux, the 2005 vintage is suppose to be very good. Even cru bourgeois chateau should make good wine. Totally disappointed with Liversan. (1751 views) | |
| Tasted by chbeaumont on 6/24/2009 & rated 89 points: Rubied, not overly deep; showy strawberries fruit, toffeed bouquet; some tannin contrasting with soft, ripe fruits, verging lush; plenty happening on a long, forceful finish. Yet to peak. (1853 views) | |
| Tasted by robertek on 6/14/2009 & rated 84 points: 2005 Bordeaux blends (Stockholm): Wow this was very bleak and did not cope with the comparison.... Although the tasting was done blind - of course - it came out in last place as could have been expected. On the npse ot did not whow mcuh and although the tannins were there nicely rounded and it had some aftertaste it left me disappointed. I am sure that on its own - it's probably a pretty decent table wine. (2033 views) | |
| Tasted by bbrantley on 6/12/2009 & rated 86 points: Dark ruby core with slight translucence and a pale rim. Not as black as some of the 2005 BDX I have had. Strong creme de cassis with a touch of vanilla on the nose (no cedar). Nose is there--not totally shut, but not jumping out of the glass either. All dark fruit and structure on the palate, but not as concentrated as I had hoped. (1891 views) | |
| Tasted by Cellar Baron on 6/11/2009 & rated 88 points: (1637 views) | |
| Tasted by chbeaumont on 4/1/2009 & rated 88 points: Remains dark; muted nose, but planty there if coaxed out; tannins to fore, this seems in a dumb phse, mid palate seemed to lacked stuffing but finishes well. Very well balanced, as suspected needs at least a further year. Has that '05 purity. (2070 views) | |
| Tasted by SAjulio on 2/4/2009 & rated 85 points: (1831 views) | |
| Tasted by jeremy_ross on 1/7/2009 & rated 86 points: Sweet red berries on nose, somewhat candy like. Tastes earthy and dusty, very dry and not near as fruity as on the nose. Light bodied. Finish is short-medium length, peppery with anise and fairly tannic. (2188 views) | |
| Tasted by T.H.A. on 12/30/2008 & rated 83 points: Nose: Ripe red fruits and old world earth and rocks; tobacco; leather; a little alcohol Taste: Medium-to-heavy; a little inky, but not offensively; not too fruity; expected Bordeaux-like qualities; well-structured; tannic; a little alcohol; austere Finish: Smooth; but short Overall: A $14.50 value 2005 Bordeaux that shouldn't disappoint on any level, as long as your expectations are not too high; good nose; slightly off balance; but not enough to call it "imbalanced"; has the potential to open up/soften up into a delightful wine with time because the fruits are lurking around in there (the question is: how much time?); this wine is like the little engine that could, but in the end couldn't. (2240 views) | |
| Tasted by dcclimb on 12/20/2008 & rated 90 points: (1835 views) | |
| Tasted by SAjulio on 12/18/2008 & rated 85 points: (1911 views) | |
| Tasted by joedrexel on 11/28/2008: drank with Diane after RIB DINNER (2283 views) | |
| Tasted by joedrexel on 11/27/2008: brought by Lydia (2272 views) | |
| Tasted by cobystilp on 11/23/2008 & rated 90 points: Just opened. Initial impressions are that this wine is extremely tight. No powerful nose to speak of. The nose has a little cherry liquor undertone. Dark garnet red in color. Lots of tannins with little perceptible fruit underneath. Dry in style. I will reserve judgement until this bottle has been open for a day or two... This one only lasted to the second day. Opened up a lot. Dusty tannins are still very pervasive. I sensed a lot of cedar on the front end. I wish it had more fruit underneath but I guess that is why it is Bordeaux and not Cali. It was very nice on day two. Still relatively light on its feet. I'm rating this one a 90. For $14 from Costco i think this will be interesting to lay down for a few years. It is a serious wine. (2260 views) | |
| Tasted by djs on 10/15/2008 & rated 85 points: (1991 views) | |
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The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines. Long-standing fame The legally created division into Médoc and Haut-Médoc dates from 1935. But as long ago as 1815 a Chartrons broker, whose word carried weight, spoke of great red wines in the Haut-Médoc, so recognizing the high quality successfully achieved by this region's growers in the eighteenth century. The same Bordeaux broker revealed that the business world of the Chartrons and the great Bordeaux proprietors had established a sort of league-table of the parishes in which the vine-growing communes of today's Haut-Médoc appellation showed up well. The Haut-Médoc appellation stretches over some thirty seven miles from north to south, from Saint-Seurin de Cadourne to Blanquefort. Within this area, certain zones produce wines exclusively with the Haut-Médoc appellation. It has terroirs of remarkable quality. And although we may note a certain predominance of layers of gravel (essentially Garonne gravel) from the Quaternary, all these sites are characterized by their wide diversity. Today in the southernmost communes of the appellation, the suburbs of Bordeaux, numerous vineyards which existed at the beginning of the twentieth century have disappeared, victims of urban expansion. But the vines live on... because man has retained his devotion to them. The astonishing variety of different terroirs, the result of the very extent of the area, explains the diversity of Haut-Médoc wines, a fact which is rare within one and the same appellation. But, over and above the differences, linked to this mosaic of climatic and geological influence, all these wines have the same family traits of character. Alert and lively, full-bodied without being too powerful, and harmoniously balanced, they acquire a rare bouquet over the years. In order to have the right to the Haut-Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must: - come from the communes of Blanquefort, Le Taillan, Parempuyre, Le Pian, Ludon, Macau, Arsac, Labarde, Cantenac, Margaux, Avensan, Castelnau, Soussans, Arcins, Moulis, Listrac, Lamarque, Cussac, Saint-Laurent de Médoc, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Sauveur, Cissac, Saint-Estèphe, Vertheuil, Saint-Seurin de Cadourne "excluding all the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils", - satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (48 hectolitres per hectare). |
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