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Score 93/100 · Drink 2024-2034, Jeb Dunnuck, Apr 2024

Still relatively youthful, the 2005 Château Grand Corbin-Despagne has beautiful notes of gamey red and black fruits, truffly earth, chocolate, and underbrush, and it’s a wine that blossoms with time in the glass. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated, with plenty of mid-palate depth as well as ripe, fine tannins, it’s well worth seeking out and is beautifully done. I love it today yet see no reason it shouldn’t evolve for another decade.

Critic scores

Critic scores
91
91/100

Average Score

90
90/100

Robert Parker

17
17/20

Jancis Robinson MW

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91 points
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Score 91/100 · Drink 2021-2025, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Apr 2021

The 2005 Grand Corbin-Despagne is a succulent, juicy Saint-Émilion. Forward and supple, with lovely freshness, the 2005 offers plenty of charm. The seductive, easy-going style is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Ripe dark cherry, plum, spice, new leather and French oak build into the creamy, layered finish.

90 points
Robert Parker
Score 90/100 · Drink 2020-2035, Robert Parker, Jun 2015

Dense and tannic, this inky purple wine possesses huge minerality, loads of black cherry, cassis and blackberry fruit, and a boatload of tannin. Powerful, full-bodied, and almost excruciatingly young, this wine needs another 5-6 years of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2035.

89 points
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
Score 89/100 · Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider, May 2012

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Grand Corbin Despagne
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Red

Taste

Dry

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