2005 Château Meyney

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  4/20/2024 - jb@jbisme.com Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Black fruit, tar, ash, green vegetal notes.

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  2/19/2024 - CharlesHK Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Purchased in 2018 at what I considered a tremendous bargain. Providence assured, cellared since in a trans therm. 3rd bottle from 12 and boy, I'm glad I purchased a case.
  
  Opened and decanted for 4 hours. Served at 20C. 13.5%. Jancis Robinson stated it was 52% CS, 28M, 20PV. Hard to believe there is 20PV in this wine, but she is an expert.
  
  Colour: dark garnet with slight bricking. Aroma: classic old school Bordeaux. Unmistakeable. Taste: classic Bordeaux but not one bit austere. Medium weight, but the power is all in the purity of the fruit and the extraordinary elegance of this wine. Rich but not over-the-top opulent. It is seamless; textbook. In a vintage where a lot of turbocharged wines were crafted, this is pure elegance. Wow.
  
  I love Chateau Meyney and buy it by the case in good years. But what I most love about Meyney is introducing it to people who really love top-tier Bordeaux to demonstrate that 1855 classifications are not always indicative of top-tier quality. Exceptional value can be secured in very good and great vintages and Meyney 2005 is one of them. In the 21st century, Meyney almost always punches well above its price point and pedigree.
  
  If you like the opulence and richness of the 2009 Meyney and to a lesser extent 2014 and 2016, you might not like this vintage as much. If you enjoy classic Claret that is not green, weedy, or austere, you might well love this wine. I do. It is a tremendous accomplishment. Purity in a bottle.

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  12/28/2023 - Oliverl1 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Being a St Estèphe and the 2005 vintage I suspected it would still be on the young side. Upon opening, I realized it was.
  
  Decanted 12 hours.
  
  A very lovely wine. Intense, concentrated and still rather tannic. A lot of berry fruit with graphity undertones. Good finish, but still on the young side and I think this will be in its prime in about 5 years or so. Good QPR.

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  8/27/2023 - TheGreenFrog Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Decanted. After 30 mins still very closed. Opened up after an hour. Good fruit, taut with tannin still evident. Drinking well now but I think needs a much longer decant and I think/hope will benefit from further age.

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  6/28/2023 - stamperb Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Nose: Cassis, petrichor, old wood. Palate: Old library, mellow and barely ripe dark cherry, hint of floral (rose?) on the finish. Tannins remind me of very fine sandpaper. Held up ok on day two, suggesting it still has some time left, but it's in a. good place now.

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