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92 Wine Spectator
Sweet tobacco, berry and currant aromas follow through to a full body, with soft, silky tannins and a fresh, racy aftertaste of currant and mineral. The texture of the tannins is very beautiful. Best after 2016. ?JS
16 Rene Gabriel
Sehr dunkles Violett-Granat. Süsses, nach schwarzen Kirschen und Johannisbeeren duftendes Bouquet, füllig, fett mit Black Curranttouch. Saftiger Gaumen, viel Souplesse in den reifen Tanninen zeigend, Lakritze, Brombeeren viel Druck im Finale. Ein genialer Talbot - so gut wie im 2000! (18/20). 07: Die erste Verkostungsnotiz zwischen den Primeuproben und der effektiv in der Flasche angetroffenen Qualität weist bei mir zwei volle Punkte auf. Was ist passiert? Die neuen Eindrücke: Leidlich hell, komisch gemüsige Nase mit krautigen Tönen und gekochten Pflaumenschalen. Im Gaumen eindimensional und lässt auch nur ein Spurenhaftes Grand-Cru-Spiel bei Weitem vermissen. (16/20). 08: Mittelgross, kernig und hart. trinken (2010 - 2025)
89 Robert Parker
The 2005 Talbot is dense ruby/purple, with moderately intense notes of forest floor, underbrush, and black and red currant fruit. It is slightly herbal, medium-bodied, not terribly complex, but has good sweet fruit, and a decent finish. This wine should drink well for another 15 years. 
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Château Talbot
This outstanding Left Bank estate owes its name to Connétable Talbot, the English general and governor of the province of Guyenne who was defeated at the famous Battle of Castillon in 1453. His downfall ended over 340 years of British control in the Bordeaux region. Today, Château Talbot owns 107-hectares of vineyards cultivated in the heart of the Saint-Julien commune. Initially a Cordier négociant group, Talbot has been maintained by the family members to this date, with Nancy Bignon Cordier and her husband Jean-Paul Bignon currently safeguarding Talbot’s deep-seated high-quality standards. With some of the finest terroir in Médoc, the château receives valuable guidance from the skilled enologist Jacques Boissenot and consulting vintner, Stéphane Derenoncourt. The resulting wines are praised internationally for their open character and well-rounded tannins, which makes the wines both approachable and age-worthy. In the spirit of tradition with a modern twist, the second wine Connétable de Talbot is rich with notes of cedar wood and vanilla like its older sibling, the layered Grand Vin, Talbot.