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2005 Clos du Marquis, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready, but will keep
Richard Hemming MW
16.5/20
Antonio Galloni
91/100
Jeb Dunnuck
92/100
James Suckling
92/100
Robert Parker
91/100
Product: 20058007935
2005 Clos du Marquis, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

Clos du Marquis's grapes actually come from a separate area of vineyards (rather than younger or less successful vines at Léoville-Las Cases) surrounded on all sides by other Second Growths. This is made with much more Merlot (38%) than the Léoville-Las Cases and is very rich, with sweet, creamy, overripe raspberries and blackberries with leather overtones. It is a very precise wine within a beautifully integrated framework of new oak and classy tannins.  This is a cracking Claret and one of the best value wines of the vintage.

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2005
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity Ready, but will keep
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Léoville Las Cases

Critics reviews

Richard Hemming MW 16.5/20
88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc.Ferrous and mineral on the nose, with fruit that seems decidedly staid on the palate. Lots of deposit too, incidentally. It's a good second wine, which shouldn't be hugely expensive, but probably is. Sigh.Drink nowrichard_hemming_mw, JancisRobinson.com (September 2017)
Richard Hemming MW, JancisRobinson.com (Sep 2017)
Antonio Galloni 91/100
The 2005 Clos du Marquis is in a very attractive place today. Time has softened the tannins nicely, allowing the wine's radiant personality to really shine.  Sweet tobacco, cedar, mint, dried flowers and dried cherry are all laced together in this expressive Saint-Julien. There is a bit of rusticity here, but all the elements are well balanced just the same.Drink 2021 - 2030antonio_galloni, Vinous.com.com (April 2021)
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Apr 2021)
Jeb Dunnuck 92/100
The 2005 Clos du Marquis is a rich, concentrated beauty that has ample ripe red and black fruits intermixed with notes of tobacco, scorched earth, and graphite. Rich, concentrated, and powerful, with terrific depth of fruit, it's showing some evolution and maturity today and is drinking spectacularly well, yet it has another 15 years of longevity.Drink 2019 - 2034jeb_dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (June 2019)
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (Jun 2019)
James Suckling 92/100
Musty and mushroomy, with red fruit chasers on the nose and palate. Round and fruity, but still needs three years. Pull the cork in 2013.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (April 2012)
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2012)
Robert Parker 91/100
The superb second wine, the 2005 Clos du Marquis, reflects the utter brilliance of the 2005 grand vin. It boasts an inky/ruby/purple color along with a sweet perfume of lead pencil, ripe cherries and black currants, and hints of earth and vanillin. Dense, chewy, fleshy, and full-bodied, this beauty will be drinkable in 3-4 years, and should keep for 15-20. robert_parker - Wine Advocate - 30-Apr-2008
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Apr 2008)

About this wine

Chateau Leoville Las Cases

Château Léoville Las Cases is one of the largest and oldest classified growths in the Médoc. It is the largest of the 3 Léoville properties and now without doubt the leading estate in St-Julien.
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