Château Lalande-Borie Château Lalande-Borie

Château Lalande-Borie

Other · Red Bordeaux Blend
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2005 Other 90/100
Red Bordeaux Blend
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Taster #1789 · Jul 20, 2025
Bu avec Jean-Philippe - un peu trop vieux
2005 vintage
Taster #4941 · Jun 29, 2023
Almost but not quite opaque with some pretty plum at the core and burgundy on the rim. Plenty of plum on the nose with sour and black cherry both adding notes only to be joined by cedar, licorice, saddle leather, and mineral. Those notes carry through with a chorus on the palate. Somewhere a hint of both vanilla and mocha appear on the finish. The mouthfeel is full in a claret sense without any New World heft. The soft tannins …
2005 vintage
Taster #7951 · Feb 7, 2021
88/100
Thin body.
2005 vintage
Taster #3647 · Dec 4, 2020
88/100
This is not a bad wine. The tannins have softened, the wine has developed into something quite suave and full-bodied, with some spicy St.Julien notes, the only problem being the fruit, of which there isn't really enough. There's enough grip to hold for a few more years but I can't imagine why it would improve.
2005 vintage
Taster #6691 · May 31, 2020
90/100
Very solid despite its age! Shows no sign of being over the top
2005 vintage
Taster #5612 · Dec 25, 2019
Bue 25 décembre, bon.
2005 vintage
Taster #4672 · Feb 23, 2019
91/100
I'm quite surprised, i would never have guessed that this was a 2005. A 2013 yes, but...I won't open the next until 2014 at the earliest. (Even though it is highly drinkable now)
2005 vintage
Taster #5382 · Dec 30, 2018
90/100
Easy drinking, though not at its peak yet. Took a while to open out - initially quite closed, but showing some decent complexity as it evolved
2005 vintage
Taster #6531 · May 5, 2018
Needs a little air then opens up beautifully
2005 vintage
Taster #5382 · Dec 24, 2017
93/100
Still quite primary on the nose. Nice velvety fruit, with hints of maturity starting to appear.
2005 vintage
Taster #4941 · Nov 9, 2017
Distinctly Bordeaux with a nose of cigar box, cedar, cassis and warm red bricks. The bouquet folds into the palate with each flavor adding a clear voice, the sum being more than its parts with each stepping into the spotlight and then graciously stepping back for the next voice. A finish of roasted tomatoes and cocoa. The lighter body does not distract from the pleasure of the wine. Just as with the first bottle zero sediment. 13% alc. With pan-seared, …
2005 vintage
Taster #0995 · Sep 2, 2017
91/100
Beautifully refined, open bouquet of graphite, cigar and bitter mints. Clean across the palate ending with ripe tannin and decent length. Really lovely.
2005 vintage
Taster #3199 · Jun 3, 2017
86/100
Soft and easy-going, this seems to be heading to EOL. The advanced aromatics and dryish finish seem to anounce that it is time to drink the last bottles of this good-but-not-great wine.
2005 vintage
Taster #3647 · Mar 15, 2017
89/100
I was quite impressed by this. Fully mature with enough backbone to give it a few more years, this is quite an elegant wine that focusses mainly on red cherry and redcurrant flavours, with strong hints of vanilla, but only a smattering of trademark St.Julien spice. The balance is good, the finish is quite persistent and it has an elegance reminiscent of its stablemate Ducru-B. The problem with Lalande-Borie is that it is somewhere in the No-Mans Land between Cru …
2005 vintage
Taster #4922 · Jan 29, 2017
93/100
Prêt a boire, dans son peak selon moi. tres bon rapport qualité prix !
2005 vintage
Taster #4800 · Jan 7, 2017
90/100
Has finally entered the drinking window, acidity, fruit and tannins are in balance.
2005 vintage
Taster #4475 · Jul 1, 2016
This was interesting to check again after quite a few years of good cellaring. But alas this is still a bit hollow, there is an oaky shell but no clear core of fruit. 24 hours later it was more pleasant with a kind of plummy sweet fruit emerging. Still mostly a disappointment.
2005 vintage
Taster #9443 · Apr 5, 2016
88/100
Not very complex, but smooth and pleasant.
2005 vintage
Taster #9443 · Mar 6, 2016
88/100
Light and not very complex, but pleasant.
2005 vintage
Taster #9557 · Feb 8, 2016
92/100
Not very complex, but great balance and with nice fruit. Very old school. After 48 hours of slowox some of the earthy tones are lost and the fruit is just great.
2005 vintage
Taster #5969 · Oct 19, 2015
89/100
Fully mature...drink up.
2005 vintage
Taster #1966 · Aug 31, 2015
91/100
On the nose blackberry and blueberry. Dark fruits and blueberries on the palate. Soft tannins, smooth on the palate, medium body with some acid and lingering fruit.
2005 vintage
Taster #2802 · Jul 25, 2015
94/100
Saint-Julien, les vins de l’Amour et pour cause car il est difficile d’y résister. Un rouge avec une trame aromatique teintée de petits fruits et de cerise. Un vin moyennement corsé mais qui s’est aussi arrondis avec l’âge comme en témoigne ses tannins légers. L’expérience gustative est agréable avec ses saveurs de mûre, de chocolat au lait et un p’tit côté séducteur avec ses notes de cassis doux et de boîte d’épices. Une belle réalisation par Bruno Borie aussi propriétaire …
2005 vintage
Taster #9015 · Jun 28, 2015
87/100
At full maturity, while smooth and easy drinking, there is no reason to age this any longer, as it now requires consumption.
2005 vintage
Taster #6975 · May 15, 2015
In such a lovely place. Shows the class and elegance of St. Julien at a modest price point.
2005 vintage