It seems like yesterday that 2005 Bordeaux was released yet it was five years ago!
 
Looking back, there are a few 2005's that are relative values despite the fanfare, and the high scores and the lushness of the vintage are making supply go down already! As you might know, five years is the tipping point for prices on futures, and it's usually where much of the price appreciation begins. Here's a unique opportunity to score one of history's best wines.  
 
Here's my experience with Pape Clement:
 
Pape Clement gets on my radar in a big way: I first realized that Pape Clement had become one of Bordeaux's best wines when tasting the 2003 vintage. I was in Bordeaux at the vineyard and I actually thought that I received a doctored sample. I just couldn't believe that the wine had the richness of a Bryant family with the complexity and sense of elegance of Bordeaux! I had never tasted any wine that resembled this before, not even a first growth!  When I finally tried the 2003 in the bottle I realized that it was the real thing and Pape Clement had created a masterpiece.
 
Fast forward to my 2005 Bordeaux visit: So the 2003 Pape Clement had set the bar unimaginably high for me and even though 2005 was a much better vintage, I wasn't expecting anything better from the 2005 Pape Clement. To my surprise, the 2005 vintage had eclipsed the epic 2003 vintage by a mile and was as good as any wine that I tasted in the 2005 vintage, even Latour! It is a wine that tastes like it was made in the classic 1961 style, but more refined reflecting the 2005's vintages quality and increases in technology.
 
This wine will go down in history as one of the greats, and it's not too late to own it for a great price.
 

Probably the greatest Pape-Clement ever made, the dense purple-colored 2005 exhibits sumptuous notes of smoky scorched earth, graphite, melted licorice, and blackberries. Once past the exquisite perfume, the wine reveals full body, extraordinary concentration, plenty of chocolate, smoke, cassis, and blackberry flavors, and that unmistakable volcanic ash-like earthiness that comes from this appellation. The tannins are slightly sweeter than those found in most northern Medocs...It should last for 30-35 years.  98 pts Robert Parker