Domaine Giraud Chateauneuf du Pape 2005

• "Very dark and juicy, with lots of fig and blackberry fruit backed by chocolate ganache, dark licorice, roasted vanilla bean and a long, structured finish where a nice hint of black tea chimes in. Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre." - Wine Spectator.
• Perfect accompaniment to beef.
• This beauty is a real stunner - get your fix now and let us know what you think.

We Say...

Three Decanter Magazine Stars and a preliminary rating from the world's most influential critic, Mr Robert Parker, of 89-91/100 points says quite a lot more about this wine than we could. But we're still going to say it anyway - this is a fantastic wine, perfect with a healthy slab of beef.

Customer Comments [ Rate this wine ]

Tony

2005 lives upto rep thanks virgin only buy from you now service is as good as ur wines!

colin

Overaly alcoholic, too expensive

Amanda

Fabulous special occasion red

kevin

For the price and considering what I have come to expect from a Chateauneuf du Pape especially the other 2005 vintages I have tasted I was left a little dissapointed by this. Still an excellent wine I suppose just didnt deliver what I expected. A little bland compared to others of the same vintage.

Andrew

Decant this 24 hours before drinking to get the rich fruity beauty of this excellent wine

Tim

Excellent.

Henry

Lovely rich wine, loads of taste going on and a long finish, it will also get better in time (which might push it up to 5 stars) and an absolute bargain on the auctions.

John

I loved it.

James

Disappointing for the price. Not much depth, harsh finish.

Mark

Very Nice, but overated and over priced. Worth the auction price but not the list price.

The Wine Maker Says...

We are blessed with 22.5 hectares of the finest vineyards in Châteauneuf du Pape, spread out over sixty different sites. These are planted with extremely old vines and are a mixture of Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre and Cinsault. When harvesting everything is done by hand and once they've been made into wines they are matured for four months in new and older oak casks. Our care has recently seen us voted the third best domaine in all Châteauneuf by a leading French wine magazine.