2005 Bordeaux Talk On The Heels Of The New Wine Spectator

2005 Bordeaux Talk On The Heels Of The New Wine Spectator – Episode #411

February 19, 2008

Wine Spectators new 2005 bordeaux issue inspires this show of WLTV. Gary yaps about the wines and the vintage and the fact that tomorrow is the 2 year anniversary of this little show.

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“Great show. Nice to get another 2005 update from you. If I remember …” by Dessert Wine Nerd
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Chateau Luchey Halde BlancGraves/Pessac-Leognan
2005 Chateau Les Secrets De CardinaleSt Emilion

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February 20, 2008

John S
QOTD 1: Watching From Denmark

QOTD 2: No 05 yet
February 20, 2008

knudwig
Side QotD: Sweden.
February 20, 2008

YBS
QOTD: Taking advantage of the outer satelites like Fronsac and Blaye. Valrose is a great deal as is L’Hospital, and Citran. I’m digging the 2005, it really is something special.
February 20, 2008

Black Rolf
Thanks for the Canadian heads up!
Congrats on two years, I’ve been watching you from Vancouver B.C. pretty solid for the last 4-5 months and I love what you do. It was awesome to see you taste some wine from my backyard not too long ago(Osoyoos Larose 2003). Keep doing what you do…we love it.
February 20, 2008

Daniel
Shalom from Israel.
love the show, thank you for bringing me and my father closer together. every week for Friday night dinner. I go back to my parents and me and my father enjoyed a bottle wine together.
I’ll have to get my hands on a bottle of 2005 Bordeaux.
thank you..
Daniel from Israel
February 20, 2008

Isaac
QOTD: I will be having Christmas in Italy (Hopefully) But i did find a beautiful wine i adore…La Serra Moscato D’Asti 2006…i love these Moscato wines mainly with 4 to 5.5% alcohol so i can really taste the flavors!!!! I found my nitch Gary!!!!! Woot!
February 20, 2008

Bats tongue
I’m from Wellington New Zealand. Have bought 1 dozen mixed bordeaux 2005s ranging from Leoville barton, Alter ego de palmer, bahans haut brion, pontet canet to de seuill from graves.
Just had a 2002 Lynch Bages and cannot say I was that impressed with bordeaux. Currently find a BArossa Valley label Thorne-Clark Quartage 2005 a far better buy at $20NZ(pacific pesos) so this 2005 bordeaux better kick butt at $700 for the case.
February 20, 2008

downtnmark
S N I F F Y – S N I F!

QOTD: I won 3 splits of ‘05 Lascombs at auction, and I have a few pairs of splits of Clos Manou, Cote de Baleau, Gruaud Larose, and Lagrange arriving as futures. But, the 2005 futures that I am looking forward to (next month!) are my Ridge Monte Bellos from here in Cupertino, CA.

I like sauvignon-blanc & semillon blends, at least the ones from Napa that I have tried (like Caymus & Provenance). If the price were better, I’d try the french ones.
February 20, 2008

Yoni Rabkin
Israel!
February 20, 2008

Rhonda
QOTD: I got a 10 bottle wine fridge for Christmas this year and it is full of 2005 Bordeaux. I listened to you GV and I am glad I did. I bought all the bottles in the last 6-8 months and paid decent prices for all of them.

I think I may need a new wine fridge? haha. I live in Arizona so the fridge is the only option as our summers are just brutal and while we have killer AC, its still not enough.
February 20, 2008

billr
Nice show….Always teaching me something GV…..GREAT.

QOTD: I am like MIKE Z IN SD, I have several bottles of differant vintages of Bordeaux. One 2000, about 4 or 5 2003’s, a dozen or so 2004’s, a half dozen 2006’s and only 10 bottles of 2005’s. I do have a few bottles on Future’s ordered but I wish I could find more. I have several grandchildren I am looking forward to drink some of these bottles with as they each start turning 21 over the next 6 to 18 years or so. Can’t wait….Thanks for all that you do GV…..
February 20, 2008

Tupper
Hi there Gary,
Britsh Columbia, Canada.
Great episode, keep it up…
February 20, 2008

ktw
4 bottles of 2005 futures bought in june from wine lib
February 20, 2008

Mike Z in SD
Bought a few 2005 Bordeaux on my limited budget… I do have a fairly good sized group of 2000’s, 01’s, and 03’s so didn’t go too nuts. I’ll keep my eye out for good 2005 buys that will actually hit the shelves near me. Other than that, I’ll be looking for my latest craze, 2004 Piedmont.
February 20, 2008

KennyMac
QOTD #1: Watching from British Columbia, Canada.
QOTD #2: Just tried to be sneaky and have a bottle of the Chateau Les Secrets De Cardinale sent to my in-laws in Washington State for later pickup, but alas, my first (and most likely last) attempt ordering from the Wine Library has failed due to those pesky inter-state regulations. I’ll have to continue my search for 2005 Bordeaux…
February 20, 2008

Phil G
So, I know the ’scores’ are not the only reason to buy a wine, but they are the only real measurable way to compare wines. I know it may be wrong to compare wines from different vintages, regions, and grapes to each other, but I may only have so much money to spend… for example, imagine if you were to review an Italian red and Aussie shiraz – I may hear both reviews, and think that they both sound good, but can only buy one. If price and flavor profiles both match my needs, then a score is an easy way to help my decision. I guess it is important to realize it would be only your opinion, though…
February 20, 2008

Chris D
can’t wait to see what #412 has in store – thanks so much for everthing thus far

QOTD – Wine holdings ? I’m afriad I don’t hold much wine here maybe 20 bottles and of that maybe 4 bottles
February 20, 2008

Dan C.
Gary, don’t worry about the “haters” as they are called. I’m proud to be a small part of the thundershow! Keep it up brother.

Thanks,
Daniel
February 20, 2008

Nicolas
Gary,

I love the show, but don’t bring the speculator too much on the show….

Please…
February 20, 2008

Fangorn81
QOTD: 0. No Bordeaux. Not that I wouldn’t love to have a few bottles…but I have yet to spend more than $20 on a single bottle of any wine. I mean, I haven’t been in college for a couple years, but I am definitely still in that price point. Just can’t afford it. And if I can’t afford it now (unless I get a SWEET new job) i won’t be able to afford it later.

Oh, well. I am pretty happy exploring Washington state, Cote du Rhone and Portugal for the time being. Bordeaux doesn’t have all the good wine. (and since I haven’t had any I can still convince myself of that…so don’t burst my bubble!)
February 20, 2008

Kdawg
QOTD: unfortunetly I haven’t spent a dime yet on 05 bordeaux. I’ll end up playing catch up and paying out the ass for it, but it’s been a matter of having money to invest in it properly and get 4-6 bottle lots
February 20, 2008

Fidel C.
Hola Gary V,
QOTD part 1:
I am not in the US of A but friendly with your mother country. I recently took a retirement from my last job and plan on enjoying more wine. I enjoy your video vino show, with a Monte Cristo from time to time and just wanted to check in and give a shout out to the 2005 Bordeaux vintage – muy bueno

Congratulations on dos anos!
Viva Wine Library TV & best wishes for a long and dominating run.
- Fidel
February 20, 2008

Dan A
Sorry my post got cut…

No â€˜05 yet, but we have a great selection in the less than $30 range – Time to shop!

Cheers!
February 19, 2008

Dan A
Ontario, Canada!

BTW, had my first Bourgueil last weekend – Niiiiiiice! Thanks for the discovery…

No ‘05 yet, but we have a great selection in the
February 19, 2008

DirtWineKen
QOTD: Well, so far I have four mixed cases consisting of Chateau Tour St. Bonnet,Chateau Tour Seran,Chateau Haut Brisson,Chateau Faizeau,Chateau Petit Bocq,Chateau Valrose Cuvee Alienor,Chateau Pontac Lynch,Chateau Haut Bergey Rouge, and Chateau Sansonnet. And, DAMN YOU GV, now you’ve got me thinking about Les Secret!