- Colour Red
- Producer Château Lanessan
- Region Haut-Médoc
- Grape Cab. Sauvignon/ Merlot/ Cab. Franc/ Petit Verdot
- Drinking 2013 - 2024
- Case size 6x150cl
- Available Now
2005 - Ch Lanessan Cru Bourgeois Haut-Médoc - 6x150cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château Lanessan
- Region Haut-Médoc
- Grape Cab. Sauvignon/ Merlot/ Cab. Franc/ Petit Verdot
- Drinking 2013 - 2024
- Case size 6x150cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, July 2017
A child of the greatest Bordeaux vintage of recent times and selected by Jane MacQuitty in The Times Top 100 Wines of Summer 2017. With good fruit concentration and forwardness, the 2005 Lanessan also displays serious structure and depth. A great buy that displays earthy, cedar aromas, a sweet fruit core, and mature tannins from its time in bottle. Straightforward and classical; a shrewd choice for well-priced mature claret.
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Goedhuis, April 2006, Score: 88-90
With excellent fruit concentration and forwardness, the 2005 Lanessan also displays serious structure and depth. A great buy that has a bright (and complex) future. Wine Spectator describes it as the "best in years". Drink 2012-2022+.
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Neal Martin, July 2009, Score: 90
Tasted single blind at Southwold. This has a more traditional Bordeaux nose with earthy/cedar aromas coming through. Blackberry, cedar, iodine and with time some fresh tobacco scents developing in the glass. Medium-bodied, simple, straightforward, lacks some backbone, nice acidity, quite elegant towards the leather-tinged finish but it could do with more time in the glass because it coalesces nicely. I suspect this is great value. Drink now-2020. Tasted January 2009.
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Robert Parker, June 2015, Score: 89
A classic Médoc, Lanessan’s 2005 exhibits beautiful, almost Pauillac-like, cedary blackcurrant fruit. Always a blend dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon with a touch of Cabernet Franc and some Merlot and Petit Verdot, the wine is medium to full-bodied and meaty, with forest floor, blackcurrants, and some cedar wood. It is delicious, soft, and surprisingly approachable for a 2005 Médoc.
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Robert Parker, April 2008, Score: 90
Shrewd Bordeaux buyers have long followed this excellent Medoc estate, whose wine can easily be confused with a St.-Julien or Pauillac. The 2005 is an undeniable sleeper of the vintage. Dark plum/purple-tinged with a beautiful nose of new saddle leather, spice box, black currants, and a hint of unsmoked cigar tobacco, it offers medium body, admirable richness, decent acidity, and ripe tannin. Although it will be drinkable in 4-5 years, these wines have an excellent track record of evolving for two decades or more.
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Robert Parker, April 2007, Score: 90-92
A big-time sleeper of the vintage, this may be the finest Lanessan I have ever tasted. It boasts a deep ruby/purple hue as well as scents of blueberries, blackberries, cassis, and new saddle leather. Full-bodied with terrific concentration, sweet tannin, and beautiful length as well as richness, this stunning wine represents fabulous value. Moreover, it can be drunk in 2-3 years or cellared for two decades. Drink 2009-2027
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Robert Parker, April 2006, Score: 88-90
Space limitations did not allow complete tasting notes for this Cru Bourgeois, but 2005 is the finest vintage for these wines since 1982. The range of scores for these wines should give readers an idea of just how consistent this vintage is at this level. Given the style of the vintage, most of these wines should be accessible young yet evolve for a decade or more because of their concentration and tannic structure. Drink: 2006 - 2016.
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Jancis Robinson, April 2006, Score: 16
Very ripe and rich and ambitious. Dry corset but mellifluous fruit. Spicy. Should be satisfying without being extraordinary. Drink 2010-16.
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Wine Spectator, April 2006, Score: 89-91
Crushed blackberries and currants on the nose follow through to a full-bodied palate, with medium tannins and a medium finish. Best in years from here.
Producer
Château Lanessan
One of the oldest estates in the Médoc dating from the 14th century, Lanessan was not classified in 1855 as they failed to submit a sample. Had they done so, some specialists believe that it would have been listed as a Fifth Growth. Not particularly great news for the château owners, but for its consumers on the other hand...
Region
Haut-Médoc
The Haut-Médoc is an appellation within the Médoc that stretches along the left bank of the Gironde from Blanquefort in the south to the north of Bordeaux. The region encompasses the more famous communes of St-Estèphe, Pauillac, St-Julien and Margaux. Following the 1855 classification many of its most famous estates were classified and scored as first, second, third, fourth or fifth growths. This was based on their social and commercial positions at the time. Most of these classed growths use the village appellation name, such as Pauillac. However five of these classed growths fell outside a village appellation so take the name Haut-Médoc. Many of the vineyards which are classified as Haut-Médoc may actually also be referred to as Cru Bourgeois wines. These wines have lower permitted yields and so offer great value for money.
