Community Tasting Note

Sunday, November 5, 2023 - Popped and poured a small glass, then decanted the rest of the bottle and drank over course of the evening and into the next day. Upon opening the nose was not giving up much. Coaxing over the next hour brought forth notes of dark fruits, damp earth, and fresh cracked peppers. On the palate, earthiness, undergrowth and mushrooms notes are apparent, followed by fresh cracked peppers and a stony salinity on the finish. Despite the tight tannins upon opening, the wine is well balanced and has lifts, evolving in the glass with humus, dark berries, white peppers and hints of legumes, and always followed by a sweet stony salinity finish. There’s plenty left in the tank, as this wine still has room to mellow out its tannins. Another 5 or so years in the bottle would improve it.

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Comment posted by Mark1npt:

11/7/2023 8:55:00 AM - Thanks for the note on this one. May have to try another bottle soon, it's been a while!
Comment posted by Dark Horse:

11/7/2023 8:41:00 PM - NP! If you have several bottles left, then I’d recommend decanting at least an hour before drinking. Otherwise, I’d wait about 5 years. I paid $55/bottle in 2007, the 2020 vintage just released is about $150/bottle, so the 2005 is a really good wine for the money in retrospect. Cheers!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

11/8/2023 9:20:00 AM - Yes, these were great buys. I'm slowly going through a case. My last was 3 years ago. All thus far have been 95 pts just treated differently with airtime. I firmly believ e the Bdx '05s are just slowly coming around and will get even better.
Comment posted by Dark Horse:

11/13/2023 9:47:00 PM - I agree. They’re coming around but most have the structures to go much longer. I have not touched any of my first growths or more special bottles. It’s definitely an exceptional year.