2005 | Château Gruaud Larose | Saint-Julien Domaine Barraud It does have the contrast

It does have the contrast of fresh black-currant acidity to give it a lift

Use as you would Sancerre

60% new oak for ageing

This 100% Chardonnay comes from a single vineyard named "Refugio" in the Casablanca Valley

2005 | Château Gruaud Larose | Saint-Julien Domaine Barraud It does have the contrastStately ruby red, raspberry and cassis fruits, still young, needs another few years to fully open and integrate, but everything is there for a brilliant wine with pleasure. This is a chteau that always takes its time, and needs half an hour in the glass to reveal smoked vanilla bean, sweet raspberry puree, turmeric spice, fresh acidity and crushed mint. Not showing quite as well as it did at a chteau vertical last year, but this is still a wonderful