Notes:

Allen Meadows, Burghound, April 2007.A slightly toasty and distinctly ripe red, blue and violet aroma nose gives way to somber and earthy flavors blessed with excellent concentration and punch on the firm but velvety finish supported by buried tannins and simply terrific length. Highly recommended. 91-93 points

Stephen Tanzer's Int'l Wine Cellar, March/April 2007.
Bright ruby-red. Sappy black cherry and a meaty nuance on the reticent nose. Fat and sweet (this still has 2.5 grams of r.s., according to Choppin de Janvry) but less suave and approachable than the Bressandes, and holding more gas today. This is ultimately more powerful and more tannic, and finishes with a brooding medicinal austerity today. But this chewy, extremely primary wine is also potentially outstanding. 90-93 points

Geoffroy Choppin de Janvry said that 2005 gave a “positively superb quality of fruit, particularly in the sense of fruit/acid/tannin balance. Moreover, the crop was so clean that it was almost not worth the trouble to bother sorting. .... When you have fruit this good with such ripe structural elements, the vinification is usually easy and so it was with 2005 too. For me, as good as 1999 is, 2005 is better still.†M. de Janvry was not boasting about the fruit quality because it is reflected in the quality of resulting wines and I heartily recommend these ‘05s to you.
Allen Meadows, Burghound, April 2007.