Château Gruaud Larose Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Jeff Meyers

The essence of Bordeaux. Pencil lead minerality balanced clean layered. Why you want to drink French.

Joe Paradise

05 showed supple balck fruit complimented with leather, roasted herbs and pleasant earthiness. Tannins had mellowed to a soft, polished feel. Lovelely

Laurent Sylvestre

Could have waited 20 more years I am sure but was still pleasant

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

Out at the edge of my Brett limit. Nice development. Earth. Red currants.

Tom Higgins

Owner/Winemaker Heart & Hands Wine Company

Plum colored, this side-by-side is a good reason to drink this wine in a 10 year window. Cassis, currant, plum, and smoke on the nose carry through to the palate. The fruit is bright and the med weight tannins are nicely integrated. There is just a slight note of brett - compared to the '00 brett monster. Thus, I would recommend consuming over the next 2-3 years.

Kenneth Korsbæk

2005 on mag

Corey Zamora, CSW

Tannins are starting to tame a touch, dark currant flavor, classic.

Michael Armstrong

Tasty, but too early to drink now. Will get better, but not to sure how much better it will get with cellaring above what it is today. Happy enough but value proposition perhaps a little out of balance

Steven Gage

Smooth and drinking well now.

Laurent Godeau

Elegant ripe and juicy. The tannin structure is exceptional and the wine is shaped for a long ageing. Beautiful wine. Drunk at the Château 3rd of April 2019.