Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

• 2005 Château Les Grands Chênes - France, Bordeaux, Médoc (1/4/2013)
  Dark red to rim. Dark cherry, cassis, beef on nose, full body, ripe fruit, bit of oak, no real complexity but smooth and well-balanced, bit of ashy tannins on opening mellowed out after 45 minutes, very pleasing, very good to excellent. Nice match with an aged Gouda.

Posted from CellarTracker

I've always been amused that the name of this Chateau is essentially "Chateau of the Large Oaks".

It's over-oaked for my palate, but I did think '05 pulled it off better than other recent vintages. Nicely priced, though.

A bottle opened a few years ago was more overtly oaky, so I'm guessing it will continue to integrate.