Neil Pinel - 02.05.08
Robert Parker has finally come out with his in bottle scores of the 2005 Bordeaux late last night, and he confirms that the vintage is the greatest he has ever tasted in 30 years of tasting Bordeaux. There are 66 wines with over 95 points, a huge amount, and a key comment from Parker is that he believes a lot of these ratings to be conservative!
“Tasting the 2005 red wines from the bottle, many of them three or four times, confirmed that this is the greatest vintage produced during my 30-year career. Some of my earlier reservations concerning the tannin levels in the northern Médocs were completely resolved by the tastings I conducted between March 22 and April 1, 2008. A great majority of the wines are far superior from bottle than they were from cask, confirming the quality of this remarkable vintage….Perhaps the most amazing revelation in my tastings was how sweet the tannins have become. Combined with the wines’ concentration levels, remarkable precision as well as freshness, it augers well for wines that will last for an incredibly long time. Yet I believe many wines will be drinkable earlier than my barrel tastings suggested….Believe it or not, most of the ratings that follow are on the conservative side, and I look forward to revisiting many of these 2005s in 5-10 years. I would not be surprised if they are even better then than the following laudatory comments suggest.” – Robert Parker, May 1st 2008
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