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Bordeaux 2005 – a guide

Friday 10 March 2017 • 2 min read
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Below are links to all 52 of our articles on Bordeaux 2005 – our most covered vintage ever? The excitement back in 2006 was palpable. The links are presented with the most recent article first. 

Bordeaux 2005 by the bottle in 2025 (Tasting articles) 9 October 2025

Bordeaux 2005 – winners and losers (Free for all) 11 Mar 2017 

Bordeaux 2005 12 years on – left bank (Tasting articles) 10 Mar 2017 

Bordeaux 2005 12 years on – right bank (Tasting articles) 9 Mar 2017 

Bordeaux 2005 12 years on – whites (Tasting articles) 8 Mar 2017 

2005 bordeaux at 10 years (Free for all) 14 Feb 2015

Bordeaux 2005, 10 years on (Tasting articles) 9 Feb 2015

Top St-Émilions 2005 & 2009 (Tasting articles) 19 Dec 2012

Bordeaux 2005s – filling in the gaps (Tasting articles) 10 Nov 2009

2005 top bordeaux tasting in London (Free for all) 5 Oct 2009

Gimblett Gravels v Bordeaux 2005 (Tasting articles) 20 Feb 2009

Southwold 2005s – the whites (Tasting articles) 20 Feb 2009

Southwold 2005s – an overview (Inside information) 19 Feb 2009

Southwold 2005s – left bank (Tasting articles) 18 Feb 2009

Southwold 2005s – right bank (Tasting articles) 16 Feb 2009

Southwold 2005s – what a tasting! (Free for all) 16 Feb 2009

2005 revisited (Free for all) 1 Nov 2008

The best bordeaux ever? (Tasting articles) 31 Oct 2008

The glory of Graves in 2005 (Tasting articles) 3 Sep 2008

Bargain 2005 bordeaux – no oxymoron (Tasting articles) 15 May 2008

2005 St-Emilion tasting throws up real surprises (Inside information) 11 Dec 2007

St-Emilion 2005 in bottle – the tasting notes (Tasting articles) 11 Dec 2007

2005 bordeaux – how do they look in bottle? (Free for all) 24 Nov 2007

2005 bordeaux in bottle – tasting notes (Tasting articles) 21 Nov 2007

Ch Belgrave 2005 Haut-Médoc (Wine of the week) 20 Nov 2007

2005 bordeaux in bottle – an early observation (Don’t quote me) 13 Nov 2007

Record price predictions for Latour and Lafite 2005 (Inside information) 19 Jun 2006

Bordeaux 2005 – now they’re tumbling out (Free for all) 13 Jun 2006

2005 bordeaux – how to compare prices (Free for all) 2 Jun 2006

Bordeaux 2005 – why not buy a whole barrel? (Free for all) 23 May 2006

Bordeaux 2005 Part 2 – a question of extraction (Free for all) 22 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – dry whites (Tasting articles) 21 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – sweet whites (Tasting articles) 20 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 – first signs of profiteering? (Inside information) 19 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – Bordeaux Côtes and Fronsac (Tasting articles) 19 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – St-Emilion and satellites (Tasting articles) 18 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – Pomerol and Lalande de Pomerol (Tasting articles) 17 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 – an overview of what made it great (Free for all) 15 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – Pessac-Léognan and Graves (Tasting articles) 14 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – St-Estéphe, Haut-Médoc and Médoc (Tasting articles) 13 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – Pauillac (Tasting articles) 12 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – St-Julien (Tasting articles) 11 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 tasting notes – Margaux, Moulis and Listrac (Tasting articles) 10 Apr 2006

Bordeaux 2005 – the primeur tasting notes (Free for all) 10 Apr 2006

Off to Bordeaux... (Free for all) 31 Mar 2006

Bordeaux 2005 – Berrys’ Staples not to say another word (Free for all) 16 Feb 2006

Bordeaux 2005 – a suggested buying strategy (Inside information) 13 Feb 2006

Blatch on Bordeaux 2005 – the wines (Free for all) 11 Jan 2006

Blatch on Bordeaux 2005 – how the vines were grown (Free for all) 9 Jan 2006

2005 bordeaux – news from the Médoc (Inside information) 14 Oct 2005

Bordeaux 2005 – ‘dream come true’? (Inside information) 23 Sep 2005

Bordeaux 2005 – the story so far (Inside information) 19 Jul 2005

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