2005 Château de Malle

Community Tasting Notes (46) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  1/22/2024 - OttawaB wrote: 92 Points

  Coravin'ed several ounces to try out. Really nice spot. Some marmalade, brown sugar, honeyed pineapple and apricots. I will try this again in a few months.

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  1/6/2022 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 91 Points

  From a full bottle. Cork in good shape. Nice medium-pale-medium gold. On the nose upon opening, a bouquet of peaches, slight caramel, botrytis-rubber-like-aroma, quince, clementine. On the palate, the attack is luscious, sweet, followed by the aromas as found on the nose with added pear and pineapple, and then finishes with the (medium) botrytis bitterness. There is a good lift throughout with a nice acidity carrying the wine from start to finish. In my book, this is at peak in full bottles, having tasted riper seeming half-bottles that were not as good, I'd say it is better right now in a full bottle. Will likely stay at peak a year or two, but I wouldn't wait too much. Probably the best showing for this since the half-bottle in 2015, and better than the half earlier this year. 90-91
  
  Compared to the Coutet of the same vintage I've also been following, this is more monolithic and less in finesse - but I also like this style.
  
  On day 2, not much evolution, still very pleasant and fresh.
  
  On day 3, this shifts a bit towards a muddled orange marmalade and faint caramel. Still pleasant, but somewhat faded.
  
  On day 5, similar, but the acidity is fading.

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  1/1/2022 - CWilliam wrote:

  Didn't take notes. I drink only 3-4 dessert wines a year (should do it more often if it weren't for the sugar...) so won't give this a numeric rating, but this was delicious to me. It has aged beautifully. 93+ for my palate but will leave formal ratings to others. Will buy some more recent vintages.

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  12/27/2021 - NiklasT Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Nice bottle, pungent saffron on the nose. Good Sauternes while no showstopper that went well with christmas porridge.

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  9/5/2021 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 90 Points

  From a half-bottle. Cork in good shape. Colour is an accurate 24 carat gold colour in the glass. On the nose, upon opening, pumpkin, wax, ripe peach, botrytis-rubber - somewhat Tokaj styled at this point. On the palate, the attack is sweet, with the aromas as found on the nose, with a good (bordering on excessive) botrytis-rubber-bitterness final. An addition of faint pineapple and orange rind and marmalade. This is good, but I think this was slightly better when tasted in 2015 and is likely starting its decline in half-bottles that ripen faster. Technically still quite good, but I just tend to prefer de Malle at about 10 years of age. 89-90 or so.
  
  From half-bottles, certainly drink up.

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