Chateau La Gomerie St. Emilion 2005


By Robert Parker
2005 Gomerie
A Merlot Dry Red Table wine from St Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Review by Robert Parker
Wine Advocate # 176 (Apr 2008)
Rating: 95
Drink 2011 - 2028
As usual, La Gomerie’s 2005 is a sexy, dense plum/purple-tinged effort. From a 7-acre, 32-year old site planted with 100% Merlot, it exhibits a sumptuous bouquet of white chocolate, roasted coffee, blackberries, black cherries, graphite, and toasty oak. This is a modern-styled, decadently rich St.-Emilion, but because of the vintage’s higher acidity and more tannic structure, this offering possesses a more classic framework than usual. A sensational wine, it should be drinkable in 3-4 years, and age beautifully for 15-20.

By Wine Spectator
CHÂTEAU LA GOMERIE St.-Emilion 2005
Score: 95
Release Price: $113
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Issue: Mar 31, 2008
Dark purple black in color, showing intense aromas of blackberry, licorice and Indian spices. Full-bodied, with layers of velvety tannins and a long, long finish. This offers loads of coffee, milk chocolate, toasty oak and ripe fruit, with wonderful concentration and polish. Best after 2015. 915 cases made. –JS