2005 Château Léoville Poyferré
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Friday, July 9, 2021 - Dark red color. Brooding ripe dark fruit bouquet. There is so much concentrated and ripe fruit here that tannins barely peak through. Round ripe, fat primary fruit flavor on the palate. This almost tastes like a barrel sample.
What a long life this wine will have. I own 4 bottles of this and, at age 67, I may not live to see this fully mature. An extraordinary experience.
Double decanted for 2 hours prior to tasting.
From Mark’s 2005 Bordeaux Vintage Tasting:
Attended a 36 wine ‘05 Bordeaux tasting recently. The wine above is one of those wines. Served single-blind.
All wines were tasted over a 2 day period, 18 per day. The wines served on the 1st day had their corks pulled two hours prior. The second day’s wines were served “ double-decanted”, 2 hours before the first flight. The overall tasting experience was quite different, as one would expect. Day 2 wines were softer, displaying more ripe fruit, and less harsh tannins.
Kudos to Mark for both a fantastic experience as well as providing an instructive opportunity to evaluate the 2005 Bordeaux vintage.
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