2005 Alain Graillot Croze Hermitage

[TheEngineer]

I am so glad I have a couple of cases of this to last the long term. If you have not bought one please see if you can get one. I love this bottle.

Very very dark on opening, slightly muted nose but brooding in power. This is a big wine, lush large, broad, loads of dark berries, hint of herbalness, tarry and thick. Very smooth but large tannins still that needed a lot of decanting time (3 hours and it was still not all gone). Long finish but great mouth feel. You could drink this all night but seems to have the structure to want to avoid it for like 5 years......yeah like whatever...gonna open another one tomorrow. Big difference from 2004.