2005 Wine Over $100

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

An absolutely sensational second wine from Haut-Brion the 2005 Bahans Haut-Brion displays all the smoke gravel and chocolate notes along with ripe black fruits. Broad savory rich and lush this is a sensational wine (now called... 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

The 2005 Cos d’Estournel is another great success from this property which is owned by Michel Reybier. A superstar of St.-Estèphe in this vintage this wine has a dense ruby/purple color beautiful sweet cassis and blackcurrant... 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

This 100% Merlot cuvée (which during this era came from the choicest parcels of La Croix de Gay) is a rich concentrated extracted Pomerol with a dense ruby/purple color sweet mocha black cherry and blackcurrant fruit some licorice... 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

While I would not rank the 2005 Le Pin as highly as the 2001 2000 1998 1989 1983 or 1982 it is still a beautiful wine offering a deep ruby/purple color along with an open-knit nose of caramel coconut coffee melted chocolate and... Read More

This luxury micro-cuvée is made from 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc from the best parcel on the large Fombrauge vineyard. The wine is aged 22 months in 100% new French oak and bottled with no pumping fining or filtration.... Read More

The 2005 Mouton Rothschild (85% Cabernet Sauvignon 14% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc) has a sensational nose of crème de cassis and incense as well as a touch of lead pencil shavings and forest floor. Dense purple this is one... 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

RP: Somewhat reminiscent of a Burgundy the deep ruby/purple-tinged 2005 offers up sweet raspberry and forest floor characteristics along with a hint of toasty oak. It hits the palate with beautiful finesse elegance and sweetness.... 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

The 2005 Colheita Tawny Port is a typical field blend of grapes like Touriga Nacional Touriga Franca Tinto Cão Sousão and Tinta Roriz bottled in 2019 with 117 grams of sugar 21% alcohol and a long cork. A dry and pointed Colheita... Read More