Château Laronde Desormes Red Bordeaux 2005
Winery: Château Laronde Desormes
Wine: Red Bordeaux Blend 2005
Location: Bordeaux Supérieur, France
Purchased: Friar Tuck
Price: $15.99
As the saying goes, what a difference a year makes. Jonathan and I first sampled this wine last September. As I re-read what I wrote about the wine the first time, a few things stood out. First, we chose this wine because we were preparing to go to France and were drinking more French wines. The bin for this wine was nearly empty so we figured others liked it. Secondly, I originally found this wine “interesting, mainly with the way the addition of food changed the entire complexity of the wine.” Jonathan did not have such favorable reviews the first time. He thought, “the wine almost tasted bitter and didn’t taste the fruit flavors
