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Red
2005 Clos Fourtet
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 127
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burgund Likes this wine: 94 points
February 14, 2024 - Perfekt nose, but taste is a bit to massive and very concentrated. Otherwise a wine in full balance, long and complex.
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djhammond Likes this wine: 96 points
January 10, 2024 - As noted last year, this has lost its early flush of fruity youthfulness, and has entered into a new phase of life. It was exceptional in its youth, and is potentially a 98/99 point wine. It is a glorious wine with a fabulous future, but it now needs a couple of years to allow the secondary notes to bed down and for the tannin to integrate.
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Matt T wrote: 93 points
December 25, 2023 - Very nice right bank wine. Opened four hours ahead of time and decanted for about two hours. Moderate complexity. Started off showing some ripe fruit and then developed some secondary notes of cocoa and oak. Tannins seem pretty resolved, but seems likely to last another 5-10 years.
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Donjcorleone Likes this wine: 96 points
December 17, 2023 - 2 hour double decant and this showed lovely aromas of blackberry, blueberry, earth and pencil shavings that lead to a plush, round, refreshing similarly flavored palate with a long, mineral streak running through the finish.
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crumblemore Likes this wine: 95 points
December 1, 2023 - What an absolute treat. Whilst celebrating an early Xmas dinner this was brought by one of the guests who brought half a bottle left from lunch. This was opened early that morning before a round of golf and left to slow-ox. The story is that his lunch partner was of older age and the both of them couldn't finish it. It was too good to pour down the drain and he thought he'd bring it to dinner! What a fabulous wine and a real treat and pleasant surprise. This was still singing beautifully despite being opened much earlier in the day. Silky silky mouthfeel. Black fruit, smoke, leather, and earth. Just an excellent wine. Too bad there was only enough for one glass!
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By Panos Kakaviatos
Clos Fourtet vertical, 4/19/2023 (link)(Clos Fourtet, Merlot, St-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé B, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2023, 4/1/2023 (link)(Clos Fourtet St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Charles Curtis MW
Bordeaux 2005 retrospective, 6/26/2021 (link)(Clos Fourtet, St Emilion, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
2005 Bordeaux: Here and Now (Apr 2021), 4/1/2021 (link)(Clos Fourtet Clos Fourtet Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Up From The Cellar #4 & Misc New Releases, 12/13/2018 (link)(Chateau Clos Fourtet Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/23/2017 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/29/2015 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
January 2015, 1/1/2015 (link)(Clos Fourtet St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
12/10/2012 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/16/2009 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/12/2008 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2008, Issue #13, The 2005 Bordeaux Vintage: A Snapshot of a Few Communes(Château Clos Fourtet) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
12/10/2007 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
October 2007 (link)(Clos Fourtet St Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132 (link)(Clos Fourtet Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
December 2006 (link)(Clos Fourtet St Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2006, IWC Issue #126 (link)(Clos Fourtet Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/18/2006 (link)(Clos Fourtet St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
1/18/2008 (link) 91 points(Clos Fourtet) Dark red violet color; building, appealing, cassis and blackberry nose; tasty, balanced berry and cassis palate; medium finish 91+ pts. (80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Clos Fourtet
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
- UPC Codes 3192371118099, 349533138058
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 166 (3%)
- In Cellars 4,217 (68%)
- Consumed 1,838 (30%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Aged cheese, marinWho Likes This Wine
98% Like It 65 votes
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- Wine2005 Clos Fourtet
- ProducerClos Fourtet
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru