There are some wonderful, wonderful wines here – set to rival the best 2001s. The extraordinary feature of 2005 for sweet white bordeaux is that yields were not as pitifully low as usual. Why, Yquem managed 12 hl/ha and Climens a whole 24 hl/ha, twice the average between 1995 and 2004. Like the reds, the best sweet whites have enormous energy and brightness of fruit. The sheer sweetness may be less than in 2003 but the acidity levels are much better and overall they are much better balanced than the heatwave vintage’s sweet whites. That said, some of the musts were...