Deal Alert: Chateau La Vieille Cure $29.95 RP93
5 Jun
If you’ve been holding off on buying 2005 Bordeaux, first of all where have you been? But more importantly, now is your chance to buy a highly rated ’05 for under $30. I bought this wine as a future for around $40 on the recommendation of a friend who is a big Bordeaux collector. I felt good about that price given the 93 point Robert Parker rating, but at under $30 I would have bought much more. There is not much 2005 Bordeaux left on the market and with 2009 looking like the next “all star” vintage, buy up on this great value to drink for the four years you’ll have to wait for the 2009 to mature. I’ll open my first in three or four years.
Robert Parker 93 points
“La Vieille Cure’s amazing 2005 is even better than their terrific 2003 and 2000. The 2005 boasts an inky/ruby color as well as a gorgeously sweet perfume of charcoal, black cherries, black currants, and spring flowers as well as an underlying mineral component. Superb concentration, full-bodied power, wonderful symmetry, purity, and texture, and a multidimensional mouthfeel are all found in this fabulous sleeper of the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2020+”
