Malartic Lagraviere - 2005 (750ml) Size:750ml it sports a brooding bouquet

it sports a brooding bouquet of sandalwood

2000 was an unusual year as it was cool

Wine Spectator - 94 points

rich wine whose tannins are getting silkier and silkier

it is well known that there are incidences of brettanomyces that compromise some bottles and the one bottle in London showed just a tincture of this

Malartic Lagraviere - 2005 (750ml) Size:750ml it sports a brooding bouquetPerhaps the strongest wine I have ever tasted from Malartic Lagravire, the 2005 has a dense ruby purple color and a wonderfully sweet nose of crme de cassis, graphite, and soil undertones. Medium bodied., smoky, with classic scorched earth, Graves like aromatics and flavors, this wine displays impeccable winemaking, with pure fruit, medium body, and gorgeously long, rich flavors and moderate levels of tannin. The wine should be relatively drinkable in