2005 Château Fleur Cardinale St. Émilion Grand Cru Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

Fully developed, the nose opens with black cherries, flowers, cocoa, licorice, and a hint of truffle. The wine is round, lush, and polished with a nice softness to the sweet, cocoa-tinted black cherries and plums in the finish. No decanting needed. Just pop, pour and enjoy. drink from 2022-2030.

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Lush, ripe, round, open and loaded with licorice, smoke, espresso, black cherry, chocolate and plums. Clearly a wine for hedonistic pleasure that while it is still youthful, is offering a lot of pleasure today. Popped and poured, this is not a wine requiring decanting, it is fully ready to go.

The first bottle of my second case, shows you how much I like this wine. With 30-45 minute of air, it is easy to see why, as the wine fills out on the full bodied, rich palate. Now, you find secondary notes of wet earth, roasted cherry, licorice smoke and burnt wood. In the mouth, the soft textured ripe, sweet, chocolate covered cherry and plum feels great. You find a bit of licorice in the end note. This is probably close to fully mature. It might get a bit better from here, but this is so tasty now, why wait?

Still youthful at 12 years of age, the offers depth of color, flavor and intensity. The fruit is perfectly ripe, the tannins are lush, lending an opulent quality to the texture. Dark chocolate, licorice and loads of black cherries are all over the place. This has been a joy to drink since it was bottled and it should remain at this high level for at least another 15 more years.

While the wine might not be gaining in complexity, the chocolate, sweet, black cherry, truffle and cigar wrapper notes are already charming. Where the wine already shines is on the palate, as the texture continues to soften, adding more silky touches as the wine fills out. If you own it, this is a good time to start popping your corks. The bottle was decanted for about 30 minutes at most. This is definitely ready to go.

The first of many vintages that really showed how good this estate can be, is ready to drink. The wine is already showing its plush, round, opulent silky mouthfeel. With a nose of dark chocolate, licorice, espresso, dark cherry and truffle, the wine finishes with a blast of chocolate covered, ripe black cherries, thyme and sweet juicy plums.

Licorice, cocoa, black cherry, plums, truffle and chocolate scents create the nose. On the palate, this luscious, sensuous, rich wine leaves a silky, smooth, plush sensation that lingers.

This is really coming around. The soft, plush, ripe, polished character with layers of lush, sweet juicy fruit is more than ready to go. That being said, there is no hurry to drink it, but there is no need to wait either.

This wine has never closed down. It's been delicious since it was first bottled. Chocolate covered black raspberries, black cherries, licorice and hints of wet earth are paired with concentrated, opulently textured fruits and a sensuous finish that comes alive with 30 minutes of air. This is a wine for pleasure seekers!

With its licorice, truffle, smoke, black cherry and earthy aromas, soft, round textures and sweet dark berry with black cherry, cocoa and plum finish, this is a pleasure to drink today.

With its showy nose of licorice, espresso bean, earth, dark cherry, plum and cocoa, coupled with silky, plush textures, this is pure bottled pleasure. Still young, this is showing great now. It’s going to get better, but there is no reason to wait before popping a cork.

Deep in color with a perfume that pops from the glass with notes of licorice, chocolate, blackberry liqueur, stone, smoke, espresso and plums. Rich, opulent, concentrated and flamboyant in texture, this sexy St. Emilion is offering a lot of pleasure today. Still primary, because the tannins are ripe and plush, it's worth opening a bottle today to experience its lush qualities.

With swirling and coaxing, juicy black plums, jammy blackberries, coco, licorice and kirsch greet your nose. This concentrated wine fills your mouth with pleasure ending with a long opulent, sensation of rich, chocolate covered dark pit fruits, cassis and fennel. Another 5-7 years will add a lot of complexity and texture to this wine.

Already approachable due to its sexy style, this concentrated wine is filled with dark berries, blue fruit, licorice, chocolate and spice. With the structure to age, this will add complexities with a few more years of bottle age.