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2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Château Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Château Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Château Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Château Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Château Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Château Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2018 Château Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant
2005 Château Cos d'Estournel - Angry Wine Merchant

2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel

Red Bordeaux Blend

France / Bordeaux / Medoc  / Saint-Estephe

$240
JD 99
RP 97
V 97
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2eme Grand Cru Classé

2005 Chateau Cos d’Estournel – Monumental Saint Estephe from a Legendary Vintage

The 2005 Chateau Cos d’Estournel is widely regarded as one of the estate’s defining wines, capturing the intensity and authority of Saint Estephe in a benchmark Bordeaux year. Known for its distinctive style and commanding structure, Cos d’Estournel delivered a wine in 2005 that combines depth, precision, and remarkable aging capacity.

Tasting Notes

The nose is dense and expressive, offering blackcurrant, blackberry, graphite, and exotic spice, layered with notes of tobacco and dark chocolate. On the palate, the wine is powerful yet composed, driven by firm, finely textured tannins and concentrated dark fruit. Mineral undertones and fresh acidity provide balance, carrying through an exceptionally long, structured finish.

Winemaking & Vineyard Details

The blend is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot in support, sourced from gravelly, well-drained vineyards characteristic of Saint Estephe. Careful extraction and extended aging in French oak barrels shaped the wine’s architecture while preserving clarity and balance. The 2005 growing season delivered optimal ripeness under near-ideal conditions, contributing to the wine’s depth and longevity.

Investment & Collectibility

The 2005 Cos d’Estournel is considered a cornerstone wine for collectors focused on top Left Bank Bordeaux. Its consistent critical acclaim, scarcity in mature condition, and proven evolution make it a highly desirable long-term holding.

Vintage Insights & Accolades

The 2005 Bordeaux vintage is celebrated for its near-perfect balance of ripeness, structure, and freshness. At Cos d’Estournel, these conditions produced a wine of exceptional concentration and enduring appeal.

  • 98 – Robert Parker
  • 97 – Wine Advocate
  • 96 – Vinous

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JD 99

Jeb Dunnuck

A lesson in genuinely great wine, the 2005 Cos d’Estournel is a monster of a wine that delivers an incredible level of opulence and decadence while staying weightless and elegant on the palate, with no sensation of heaviness. This is what truly great wine is all about. Based on 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and the final 4% Cabernet Franc, this dense ruby/plum-hued Saint-Estèphe offers up a monster bouquet of blackcurrants, unsmoked tobacco, licorice, toasted bread, classy oak, and cedar pencil. While it starts out reserved and almost understated, this is a wine that blossoms with air (I drank this bottle over two days, showing best on day two). Full-bodied, powerful, and decadent on the palate, with moderate acidity, it has a wealth of silky tannins, a stacked mid-palate, and a great, great finish. It reminds me of the 2009, if not an improved 1982, or even a slightly fresher 2003. Regardless, it’s a thrilling wine in every sense, and I fear with the focus on acidity and freshness in today's wine world, we might not see this style of great wine for some time. Reviewed by Jeb Dunnuck. Tasting Date June 2, 2020.
RP 97

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2005 Cos d’Estournel is another great success from this property, which is owned by Michel Reybier. A superstar of St.-Estèphe in this vintage, this wine has a dense ruby/purple color, beautiful, sweet cassis and blackcurrant fruit, some floral notes, spice and a touch of oak in a full-bodied, layered, impressive multi-dimensional style. The tannins are surprisingly sweet and well-integrated, as is the acidity, alcohol and wood. This is a beauty and certainly the top wine of St.-Estèphe. Drink it over the next 25+ years. Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr. Issue Date: June 2015. Drink Date: 2018-2045.

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!! Review by Lisa Perrotti-Brown with Rating 98. Issue Date: November 2018. Drink Date: 2015-2040.

V 97

Vinous

The 2005 Cos d'Estournel is a magical wine. The aromatics alone as mesmerizing. Mocha, dried flowers, herbs and a whole range of deeply-pitched spice notes soar out of the glass. Explosive, deep and so full of character, the Cos dazzles from start to finish. Time in the glass brings out hints of rose petal, cedar and chocolate to round things out. Cos is one of the most exotic wines of 2005 and one of the vintage's undisputed successes. What a wine! Reviewed by Antonio Galloni. Tasting date: April 2021.

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  • CRITICAL REVIEWS
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JD 99

Jeb Dunnuck

A lesson in genuinely great wine, the 2005 Cos d’Estournel is a monster of a wine that delivers an incredible level of opulence and decadence while staying weightless and elegant on the palate, with no sensation of heaviness. This is what truly great wine is all about. Based on 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and the final 4% Cabernet Franc, this dense ruby/plum-hued Saint-Estèphe offers up a monster bouquet of blackcurrants, unsmoked tobacco, licorice, toasted bread, classy oak, and cedar pencil. While it starts out reserved and almost understated, this is a wine that blossoms with air (I drank this bottle over two days, showing best on day two). Full-bodied, powerful, and decadent on the palate, with moderate acidity, it has a wealth of silky tannins, a stacked mid-palate, and a great, great finish. It reminds me of the 2009, if not an improved 1982, or even a slightly fresher 2003. Regardless, it’s a thrilling wine in every sense, and I fear with the focus on acidity and freshness in today's wine world, we might not see this style of great wine for some time. Reviewed by Jeb Dunnuck. Tasting Date June 2, 2020.
RP 97

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2005 Cos d’Estournel is another great success from this property, which is owned by Michel Reybier. A superstar of St.-Estèphe in this vintage, this wine has a dense ruby/purple color, beautiful, sweet cassis and blackcurrant fruit, some floral notes, spice and a touch of oak in a full-bodied, layered, impressive multi-dimensional style. The tannins are surprisingly sweet and well-integrated, as is the acidity, alcohol and wood. This is a beauty and certainly the top wine of St.-Estèphe. Drink it over the next 25+ years. Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr. Issue Date: June 2015. Drink Date: 2018-2045.

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!! Review by Lisa Perrotti-Brown with Rating 98. Issue Date: November 2018. Drink Date: 2015-2040.

V 97

Vinous

The 2005 Cos d'Estournel is a magical wine. The aromatics alone as mesmerizing. Mocha, dried flowers, herbs and a whole range of deeply-pitched spice notes soar out of the glass. Explosive, deep and so full of character, the Cos dazzles from start to finish. Time in the glass brings out hints of rose petal, cedar and chocolate to round things out. Cos is one of the most exotic wines of 2005 and one of the vintage's undisputed successes. What a wine! Reviewed by Antonio Galloni. Tasting date: April 2021.

2005 Chateau Cos d’Estournel – Monumental Saint Estephe from a Legendary Vintage

The 2005 Chateau Cos d’Estournel is widely regarded as one of the estate’s defining wines, capturing the intensity and authority of Saint Estephe in a benchmark Bordeaux year. Known for its distinctive style and commanding structure, Cos d’Estournel delivered a wine in 2005 that combines depth, precision, and remarkable aging capacity.

Tasting Notes

The nose is dense and expressive, offering blackcurrant, blackberry, graphite, and exotic spice, layered with notes of tobacco and dark chocolate. On the palate, the wine is powerful yet composed, driven by firm, finely textured tannins and concentrated dark fruit. Mineral undertones and fresh acidity provide balance, carrying through an exceptionally long, structured finish.

Winemaking & Vineyard Details

The blend is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot in support, sourced from gravelly, well-drained vineyards characteristic of Saint Estephe. Careful extraction and extended aging in French oak barrels shaped the wine’s architecture while preserving clarity and balance. The 2005 growing season delivered optimal ripeness under near-ideal conditions, contributing to the wine’s depth and longevity.

Investment & Collectibility

The 2005 Cos d’Estournel is considered a cornerstone wine for collectors focused on top Left Bank Bordeaux. Its consistent critical acclaim, scarcity in mature condition, and proven evolution make it a highly desirable long-term holding.

Vintage Insights & Accolades

The 2005 Bordeaux vintage is celebrated for its near-perfect balance of ripeness, structure, and freshness. At Cos d’Estournel, these conditions produced a wine of exceptional concentration and enduring appeal.

  • 98 – Robert Parker
  • 97 – Wine Advocate
  • 96 – Vinous

Explore Related Collections

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