Community Tasting Note

• Juliansi Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 27, 2023 - Bordecembre.. hey, it's Bordeaux no. 29 this month!
  
  Deep garnet, with barely any rim. This is aging effortlessly. New oak and a creamy mouthfeel, with chocolate on the med-long finish.
  
  I thought.. New World!
  Exciting that this is from the legendary 2005 vintage.
  
  Blend of 72% Cab, 15% Merlot, 12% Cab Franc, and 1% PV.
  
  The 2005 vintage.. Exceedingly dry, with moisture at the right moments. After a very warm growing season, relieving rains came in August.
  
  Then warm sunny days returned in Sept, with cool refreshing nights too. Harvest was fantastic with Pauillac being the.. star!
  
  Thanks for spoiling us on your birthday Hann Sze, two amazing Bordeauxs to help me on my Bordecembre journey!
  
  27th Dec 2023
  Tang Room, Malaysia

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3 Comments

• DoubleD1969 commented:

  1/4/24, 2:31 PM - Thanks for the note. I think you may enjoy this even more in ten years!

• Decanting Queen commented:

  1/5/24, 3:56 AM - Hi Julian—haven’t tried this in a few years, it was good but still really tight. Is it feeling ready to go now?

• Juliansi commented:

  1/7/24, 5:28 PM - DoubleD1969 - I agree, 5-10 years would do this big wine some good!
  
  Decanting Queen - Its good now, but will be much better in the years ahead, still could do with waiting perhaps 3-5 years. Big vintage!
  Please check your WhatsApp messages :-) All the best!

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