Vibrant Vintage

With age comes brilliance across the board for the full range of the 2005 Bordeaux. James Suckling revisits one of the region’s greatest vintages in the 21st century so far

ILLUSTRATION: ANDY LEUNG

THE 2005 VINTAGE was a great year for Bordeaux. When I tasted the wines (red and white, dry and sweet) in spring 2006, from barrel and only a few months old, I was ready to compare the vintage to modern classics such as the 1982, 1989, 1990, 1995 and 2000—they were that good. Of course, 2009 and 2010 weren’t harvested yet, but today I can say with confidence that 2005 is in the same league as these marvellous modern vintages. What I didn’t expect a couple of months ago, when I joined a small tasting of about a dozen 2005s in Beirut with fine wine importer Vintage Wine Cellar, is that they would have evolved so incredibly well. The reds are absolutely spectacular—their beauty and balance is breathtaking, underlining the…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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