Château Talbot, 4ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2005
The 2005 is a very good Talbot indeed, a great value wine. With an elegant, floral nose, big vanilla and red- and blackcurrant fruit on the palate, pure and layered, the feel in the mouth is lush and round, with very fine tannins.
critic reviews
The 2005 Talbot was picked from 22 September until 10 October. Having tasted this several times, this might be the best bottle. Deeper in colour than other vintages, it offers much more fruit: blackberry, bilberry and raspberry tinged with cedar and a faint estuarine tang. These aromatics just have more substance than other vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity. It is not the most complex 2005 Saint-Julien but there is grip and matière, notes of soy and black pepper lining the finish that will benefit from another two or three years in bottle. Very fine. Tasted at the centenary Château Talbot vertical at the property.