2005
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Roberto Voerzio Merlot Vigneto Fontanazza 2005
NT$ 5,600《Vinous》
“Voerzio’s 2005 Merlot, arguably the rarest bird in this lineup, is quite expressive. Naturally in a cool vintage like 2005, the more savory, mineral side of Merlot is what comes through most. Sweet tobacco, mocha, herb, black cherry , graphite and French oak are some of the signatures. The French oak is a bit dominant because of the wine’s mid-weight structure, and yet the Merlot is very nicely balanced, especially considering that 2005 was hardly an optimal vintage for making Merlot in Piedmont Drink: 2016-2023.”
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Domaine de la Mordoree【La Plume du Peintre 畫家之毫系列】CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE Red 2005
NT$ 28,000The tiny production 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape la Plume du Peintre is a monumental wine. Coming all from the La Crau lieu-dit and made from 100% Grenache aged 30% in small barrels and 70% in stainless steel tanks, it offers massive amounts of cassis, blueberry, licorice, graphite and spice, full-bodied richness, building tannin and a youthful, unevolved profile that’s hard to believe. It won’t hit maturity for another 4-5 years and will keep through 2035+. This is a singular Chateauneuf du Pape that I wish every reader could taste; unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to find in the market.
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Dugat Py Gevrey Chambertin Coeur de Roy Tres V.V 2005
(from vines between 50 and 87 years of age) Deep, bright ruby-red. Cassis and minerals on the nose. Juicy, bright and sharply delineated, with good penetration and strength to the pure flavors of black fruits and dark chocolate. At once powerful and fruity. Finishes with firm but well-buffered tannins. A great village wine in the making.
90-93 pts – Stephen Tanzer, March 2007
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Dominique Laurent Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru 2005
The 2005 Mazis Chambertin Vieilles Vignes represents a true old vines selection, inasmuch as the young vines that are inter-planted are picked and vinified separately. A bit reduced and animal on the nose, it opens to a beautiful, concentrated expression of cherry and raspberry confiture on the palate, with both juicy fresh fruit and lightly caramelized aspects as well, and with deep, rich, roasted underlying meatiness and a wet stone and graphite mineral character. Creamy in texture, generous in its ripeness and sweetness of fruit, yet clear, refined, and strikingly mineral in its formidable, expansive length, this is a compelling wine yet one that is almost surely not showing its full potential today.
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Dominique Laurent Grands Echezeaux V.V Grand Cru 2005
From another parcel Laurent says is unusually rocky and thinly sub-soiled for its appellation (in this instance, next to Le Musigny), his two barrels of Grands Echezeaux Vieilles Vignes offer aromas of candied cherry and vanilla, a liqueur-like, almost confectionary and imposingly creamy palate impression, and a finish in which sheer ripeness, allied to notes of vanilla, caramel and coconut-shavings, make for a flamboyant display of oak-encased fruit. For clarity, purity, length, and sheer richness and sweetness of fruit, this is hard to fault, and I wonder whether the impression of extraneous woodiness is a momentary phase. Surprisingly, Laurent finds it necessary to routinely chaptalize the fruit of these eighty year-old vines (“a different strain of old Pinot” he calls them), reporting that even in 2003 it barely reached 12.5% potential alcohol.
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