2005 French Wine Products On Sale

Disgorged at the end of 2019 with a dosage of one gram per liter Billecart-Salmon’s 2005 Brut Le Clos Saint-Hilaire is the eighth edition (the release sequence is 1995 1996 1998 1999 2002 2003 2006 and 2005; Mathieu Roland-Billecart... Read More

A wonderfully fragrant nose of violets and beautifully complex red and black fruit aromas gives way to rich full sweet and generous flavors that possess excellent detail on the layered but presently austere but explosive and stone-infused... Read More

The 2005 from Cheval Blanc is a quintessentially elegant beautiful deep bluish/ruby-colored wine from St.-Emilion with raspberry blueberry and floral notes impressive density great precision freshness and purity. Full-bodied but... Read More

Needs coaxing out of the glass as is true with so many 2005s even at 16 years old but straight off the first nose you get the most beautiful nuance and turmeric-strewn spice. It's exotic if subtle with a creamy texture grilled... Read More

Sweet, toasty, oaky notes interwoven with hints of black olives, blackberries, cassis, and spice box are found in this densely saturated ruby/purple-hued 2005. While rich, with impressive concentration and purity, it is also tannic,... Read More

Gérard Perse believes this is the greatest Pavie he’s made to date although certainly I would argue that list includes the 2000 as well as the 2009 and 2010 among his superstars. This wine which I had both in the 2005 horizontal... Read More