2005 Bordeaux
Cover Story
The World's Richest Vintage - 2005 Bordeaux delivers great wines at high prices, and plenty of values, too
The World's Richest Vintage: Bordeaux to Buy - Hundreds of Bordeaux estates made exciting wines in 2005. Here are 50 that deserve special attention
The World's Richest Vintage: James Suckling's Top-Scoring 2005 Bordeaux
The World's Richest Vintage: Tasting Report: 2005 Bordeaux
Features
Northern Rhône Exposure - Cornas has always had the sunshine. A new wave of quality has brought the spotlight too
Northern Rhône Exposure: A Handful of Stars - Meet some of the top producers in Cornas, from the old guard to the new wave
Departments
The Buying Guide
The Buying Guide for this issue is available here.
 |
|
NEW-PERSONAL WINE LIST: Make a shopping list. Organize your purchases. Track the contents of your cellar. Our upgraded Personal Wine List allows you to create as many separate lists as you need and add wines from our Wine Ratings Search database (and unrated wines as well). And a new companion tool called My Cellar updates you on the value of the individual wines in your collection and your cellar's total worth.
PRINT YOUR OWN SHELF TALKERS: Now you can label your wines clearly with Wine Spectator scores and tasting notes. Create shelf tags for your bottles using either our new Personal Wine List feature or our Wine Ratings Search database.
2006 BURGUNDY: To guide your pre-arrival purchases, senior editor Bruce Sanderson reports from his visits to top domaines, providing cellar notes and preliminary scores for soon-to-be-bottled wines.
MORE INSIDER RATINGS: Our popular Insider newsletter is now offered weekly. Get twice as many advance ratings for exciting new wines selected from our editors' latest tastings.
|
 |
|
SPRING ENTERTAINING: As the temperatures warm up, turn to our seasonal recipes and wine picks.
VIDEOS: Our Web site features hundreds of videos:
- Inside our tasting department: Wine Spectator tastes more than 15,000 wines each year. Come behind the scenes, with tasting director Bruce Sanderson as your host, to see how we do it.
- Bordeaux: Learn more about the classic 2005 vintage as James Suckling interviews some of the region's top winemakers.
- California Rhônes: The state is doing great things with Syrah and other Rhône grapes. Hear about one of the hot producers, Lagier Meredith.
- Cornas: This Rhône appellation may be tiny, but don't overlook its Syrahs. James Molesworth takes you through the new wave of quality in his tasting.
TOP CHEFS: Meet some of the big names in food, including Bobby Flay, Thomas Keller, Wolfgang Puck and many more, to find out about their first wine loves, their food-and-pairing secrets and what they stash in their personal cellar.
TAKE THE CHALLENGE: We're putting your wine knowledge to the test with our fun, new biweekly wine quiz. See how you do compared with other readers.
|
