Saint-Émilion AOC · Grand Cru Classé de Saint-Émilion
Château Larmande 2005
Château Larmande · 2005 · Right Bank Bordeaux blend (Merlot-dominant)
$59.99 · K&L Wines · ordered 2025-05-17 · sku 1036395
Very meh for own palate. Great party bottle — impresses guests ('Wow!') more than it satisfies the owner.
entries reconstructed retroactively, 2026-07-19
A mature Grand Cru Classé Saint-Émilion at its peak: plush Merlot fruit gone to espresso, sweet tobacco, mushroom and leather, with velvety tannins and the earthy sous-bois complexity of two decades in bottle.
Descriptors
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black cherry
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Émilion AOCclassic for Merlotclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonplum
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Émilion AOCclassic for Merlotblackberry
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Merlotclassic for Cabernet Sauvignondried herbs
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Émilion AOCclassic for Merlotiron
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Émilion AOCclassic for Merlotmocha
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Émilion AOCclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonvanilla
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Émilion AOCclassic for Merlotclassic for Cabernet Sauvignondark chocolate
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Émilion AOCclassic for Merlotclassic for Cabernet Sauvignontobacco
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Émilion AOCclassic for Merlotclassic for Cabernet Francclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonleather
present in this bottle’s notesclassic for Saint-Émilion AOCclassic for Cabernet Sauvignonmushroom
present in this bottle’s notesforest floor
present in this bottle’s notesThe vintage
2005 was a hot, dry, near-ideal Bordeaux growing season, with warm days, cool nights and no damaging heat spikes across the Right Bank, yielding small, concentrated, healthy berries.
A benchmark classic vintage: powerful, deeply structured wines with ripe tannins, excellent acidity and exceptional ageing potential. In Larmande it gave a full, complex Saint-Émilion built to reward two decades in the cellar.
Vineyard
Clay-limestone, siliceous clay and ancient sand.
Home to some of the oldest, deepest-rooted vines on the Right Bank, a number over 100 years old.
The estate's ~20 ha vineyard on the northern slopes near the town of Saint-Émilion.
In the cellar & winery
Malolactic conversion split between barrel and tank.
Aged in French oak, about 65% new for the 2005.
A gently modern-leaning style that nonetheless kept a clear sense of terroir and structural integrity.
Composition
- Merlot 65%
- Cabernet Franc 30%
- Cabernet Sauvignon 5%
typical blend — vintage-specific proportions not published · abv not published