- Colour Red
- Producer Château Prieuré-Lichine
- Region Margaux
- Drinking 2011 - 2024
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
2005 - Ch Prieuré Lichine 4ème Cru Margaux - 12x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château Prieuré-Lichine
- Region Margaux
- Drinking 2011 - 2024
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, April 2006, Score: 89-91
Over recent years, Prieuré Lichine has become a wine of notable quality. The 2005 further exemplifies this trend. Medium- to fullbodied with nice, silty tannins, it exudes lush, ripe fruit. Drink 2011-2024+.
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Robert Parker, June 2015, Score: 90
This deliciously sexy, seductive style of wine from Prieure-Lichine is very much in keeping with how this wine can perform in a top vintage, offering lush fruit, sweet tannin and a silky, medium to full-bodied mouthfeel with notes of flowers, blue, red and black fruits, some underbrush and loamy soil nuances. Suave, round and juicy, this wine has reached its mature period, and should stay there for at least another 5-10+ years.
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Robert Parker, April 2008, Score: 92
The finest Prieure-Lichine I have ever tasted, the sensational 2005 has unquestionably benefitted from the improvements made at this property as well as the consultation work of Stephane Derenoncourt. Its dense purple color is accompanied by a glorious perfume of forest floor, blackberries, incense, and cassis. Opulent, with sweet tannin for the vintage, excellent purity, and a savory, broad, expansive mouthfeel that lingers on the palate, it possesses the delicacy of a terrific Margaux as well as enough concentration and power to give it an extra dimension. This wine should be drinkable in 4-5 years, and last for 25 or more. Bravo! Drink: 2012 - 2033.
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Robert Parker, April 2007, Score: 90-92
Significant improvements are noticeable at this Margaux property now that Stephane Derenoncourt is the winemaking consultant. The 2005, perhaps the finest effort from this estate since the mid-sixties, boasts a deep ruby/purple color along with a sweet nose of cola, black cherries, cedar, and forest floor. Opulent with ripe tannin, a precocious mouthfeel (an anomaly for this vintage), and wonderful purity and lusciousness, it should be consumed during its first 15 years of life. Drink 2007-2022
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Robert Parker, April 2006, Score: 91-94
Even considering some of the great vintages produced under the late Alexis Lichine, this estate has never made a wine as impressive as their 2005. Consultant Stephane Derenoncourt is obviously realizing this vineyard's full potential. The deep ruby/purple color is accompanied by an open-knit, exotic bouquet of spice, incense, flowers, and sweet black cherries and blackberries. Rich and opulent, with ripe tannin, a savory, voluminous mouthfeel, and wonderful definition as well as elegance, this gorgeous wine is a tour de force for Prieure-Lichine. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2025.
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Jancis Robinson, April 2006, Score: 17+
Dark purple. Not especially fragrant. Very ripe. Right up to the limits of ripeness in terms of tannins and therefore soft texture though no hint of overripeness - perhaps slightly too much Merlot in the blend? This should be a very seductive wine. A very, very slight lack of freshness but lovely Margaux suppleness and cleanliness. Restraint here. Well done! Very lively. Drink 2014-22.
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Wine Spectator, April 2006, Score: 89-91
Blackberry and coffee aromas follow through to a full-bodied palate, with velvety tannins and a medium finish. Showing a lot of wood now, but serious fruit.
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Château Prieuré-Lichine
As its name suggests, this château has a religious connection as a priory for Benedictine monks. After the French revolution, its religious connection was dissolved and it was sold off to various owners. In the 1950s it came into the hands of Alexis Lichine, a Russian native who had emigrated to the USA and pioneered the marketing of the California wine industry before moving to Bordeaux. He changed the name from Cantenac P...Read more
As its name suggests, this château has a religious connection as a priory for Benedictine monks. After the French revolution, its religious connection was dissolved and it was sold off to various owners. In the 1950s it came into the hands of Alexis Lichine, a Russian native who had emigrated to the USA and pioneered the marketing of the California wine industry before moving to Bordeaux. He changed the name from Cantenac Prieuré to reflect his ownership - a name which continues to this day, though the property is no longer owned by the Lichine family. Over recent years, it has become a wine of notable quality.Read less
Region
Margaux
Plump, silky and seductive are the words often used to describe wines from Margaux. Because of their style, they tend to be user friendly and more approachable when young. This is in part due to its terroir which is comprised of the thinnest soil as well as the highest proportion of chunky gravel in all of the Médoc. It drains well but also is it more susceptible to vintage variation. Margaux wines tend to have the highest proportions of Merlot within the core of the Médoc further adding to their ample roundness and openness. Margaux is home to the largest number of classified growths including its namesake first growth, Château Margaux, as well as third growths, Palmer and d'Issan.
