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Château Cos d'Estournel Grand Cru Classé Saint-Estèphe 2005

Reviews

99 -James Suckling -

98 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

The 2005 Cos d'Estournel is blended of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet colored, it is still a little closed and youthfully shy. With coaxing, the nose is just beginning to offer glimpses at vivacious kirsch, red roses, violets, licorice and mocha scents over a crème de cassis, blackberry pie and chocolate-covered cherry core with wafts of chargrill, mossy bark and truffles. Full-bodied, concentrated and wonderfully complex in the mouth, the palate is just beginning to reveal the true potential of this wine, with tightly wound layers of perfumed black fruits and earthy notions bound by a rock-solid frame of firm, grainy tannins and finishing with epic persistence. This still needs 5-6 years, but I love how this beauty is shaping up!!

98 -Jeb Dunnuck -

Gorgeous blackcurrants, smoked tobacco, chocolate, gravelly earth, and spicy notes all define the 2005 Château Cos D'Estournel, a deep, full-bodied, powerful expression of this terroir that does everything right. Massively concentrated, rich, and unctuous, it nevertheless stays flawlessly balanced and has ripe, polished tannins. Needing plenty of air to show at its best, it's just now getting to the early stages of its prime drinking window and has another 30 years or more of longevity. A word of warning, I have found some variability in this wine with some bottles being more evolved and tired than expected. Provenance is key.

97 -Decanter -

There have of course been great vintages since 2005, but the top examples from this year could be the greatest wines of the past two decades. The 2005 grapes were near perfect during the growing season, with flowering completed in three days, followed by similarly smooth and quick colour change and a harvest that finished on 9 October – a touch earlier than many of the neighbouring estates. The percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend is among the highest ever at this château. It tastes much younger than the 2004 vintage right now, as you would expect, but it's the rich and complex layers that really express the quality. It has the sense of cramming a handful of fruit into your mouth straight from the hedgerow, with cassis and crushed blackberry flavours. The tannins are soft but doing their job, with wonderful layers of liquorice and slate. Brambly, cheerful and effortless, there's an almost wild side to this wine, both free-flowing and more than living up to its reputation. Good luck trying to predict when this wine will reach its end.

97 -Vinous -

The 2005 Cos d'Estournel is a real head-turner. What a wine. The soarin, exotic bouquet is immediately alluring. Spice box, new leather, mocha, blackberry, graphite and espresso announce a wine of exotic, beguiling beauty. Each taste reveals a different facet of this great, great wine from proprietor Michel Reybier. Simply put, the 2005 Cos d'Estournel is an epic wine, one of the best of the year.

97 -Wine Enthusiast -

96 -Wine Spectator -

Still tight despite a gorgeous wave of rich melted licorice, fig bread, warm plum compote and steeped blackberry flavors. Lovely alder, black tea and balsam wood details give this added range and a sense of detail through the finish before a wall of graphite-edged grip shows up. We're still in wait mode here. -- Blind '01/'03/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017). Best from 2020 through 2040. 25,000 cases made.

Technical Details

Blend 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc
Winemaker Jean-Guillaume Prats
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub Region Left Bank
Appellation Saint-Estèphe
Vineyard Estate vineyards of Château Cos d’Estournel, a Second Growth (Deuxième Grand Cru Classé)
Oak 100% new French oak
Aging / Cooperage 18 months
Alcohol 13.5%
Production 25,000 cases

Château Cos d'Estournel Grand Cru Classé Saint-Estèphe 2005

Name: Château Cos d'Estournel Grand Cru Classé Saint-Estèphe 2005
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1012532
Price: 275.0 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

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One of the stars of the legendary 2005 vintage, Cos d’Estournel delivers near-perfect power and polish. Layers of black fruit, exotic spice, smoke, and gravel unfold with remarkable density and control. Monumental yet refined, this is a cellar cornerstone with decades ahead.

About The Producer

Chateau Cos d'Estournel is a revered, first rate winery in St.-Estephe though it was classified a Second Growth in 1855. The chateau itself is one of the most recognizable in all of Bordeaux, as it sits atop a ridge, resembles an opulent Asian pagoda and neighbors with Lafite Rothschild. In old Gascon, Cos translates to "the hill of stones" which describes its gravely, limestone, well drained terroir.

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