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2005 Château Valrose St. Estèphe Cuvée Alienor
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Estèphe
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Community Tasting Notes 154
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Kentw wrote: 86 points
January 21, 2024 - 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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Jd6725 wrote: 90 points
September 26, 2023 - 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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Kentw wrote: 78 points
May 27, 2023 - 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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gcarl wrote: 91 points
May 7, 2022 - Still a pleasing wine with the same impressions I have written 0ver the last 8 years
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boegemann Likes this wine: 90 points
February 19, 2022 - 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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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Château Valrose
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Cuvée Alienor
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Estèphe
- UPC Code 3465301389617
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 27 (1%)
- In Cellars 1,594 (56%)
- Consumed 1,235 (43%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
92% Like It 36 votes
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