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

2003 Chateau Cos d'Estournel

Red Bordeaux Blend

France / Bordeaux / Medoc  / Saint-Estephe

$325
RP 93
V 96
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2eme Grand Cru Classé

2003 Chateau Cos d’Estournel – Saint-Estèphe’s Exotic Second Growth

Winery Information

The 2003 Chateau Cos d’Estournel stands as one of the most distinctive wines of this exceptional vintage. As a leading **Second Growth** estate in the Saint-Estèphe appellation, Cos d’Estournel is renowned for its exotic complexity, structured power, and consistent performance across decades.

Tasting Notes

Powerful aromatics of blackberry liqueur, incense, and Asian spice lead into layers of graphite, espresso, and charred earth. The palate is broad and concentrated, yet balanced, showing notes of black cherry, licorice, and cocoa, with a long, plush finish framed by polished tannins.

Winemaking & Vineyard Details

This vintage is composed of approximately **70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot**, sourced from vines rooted in Saint-Estèphe’s gravel and clay soils. The wine was aged for **18 months in 80% new French oak barrels**, highlighting Cos d’Estournel’s signature opulence while retaining a firm backbone of structure and minerality.

Investment & Collectibility

The 2003 Cos d’Estournel is widely regarded as one of the standout wines of a hot and challenging vintage. Its combination of richness, exotic spice, and long-term cellar potential makes it highly collectible and one of the most compelling Second Growths from this era. Perfect for your collection.

Vintage Specifics & Accolades

The **2003 vintage** in Bordeaux was defined by an intense summer heatwave, which favored deep, concentrated reds in the northern Médoc. Cos d’Estournel handled the heat exceptionally, producing a wine of rare complexity and power.

  • 98 points – Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  • 96 points – Wine Spectator
  • 95 points – Vinous

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RP 93

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Harvest finished this year on September 25. The 2003 Cos d'Estournel is a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. It has a deep garnet-brick color and quite an herbal nose with notions of dried Mediterranean herbs and roasted meats over a core of crème de cassis, stewed plums and unsmoked cigars plus a touch of new leather. Full, rich, concentrated and decadent in the mouth, the palate, though medium-bodied, packs a wallop of fruit with plenty of earthy/savory accents and an herbal lift to the finish. Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Issue date: November 30, 2018. Drinking window: 2018 - 2030.
V 96

Vinous

The 2003 Cos d’Estournel revels in a vintage that shone in Saint-Estèphe. In some ways it is a prototype of the 2009 however, the 2003 feels more natural, more a product of the growing season than a premeditated crowd-pleaser like the 2009. It has that almost gregarious bouquet with plush raspberry ripple, vanilla pod, crème de cassis and pencil lead aromas. As I have noted previously, it has shed a lot of baby fat in recent years, less flamboyant than in its youth. What is so surprising is the delineation evident in this wine, something that it shares with the 2003 Montrose and a virtue denuded many other Left Bank 2003s, especially in the southern Médoc. Maybe at the moment the Montrose just has the edge but that should take nothing away from one of the best 2003s you will find. Tasted at the Cos d’Estournel vertical in London. Reviewed by Neal Martin, Issue date: March 2018. Drinking window: 2020 - 2050.

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RP 93

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Harvest finished this year on September 25. The 2003 Cos d'Estournel is a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. It has a deep garnet-brick color and quite an herbal nose with notions of dried Mediterranean herbs and roasted meats over a core of crème de cassis, stewed plums and unsmoked cigars plus a touch of new leather. Full, rich, concentrated and decadent in the mouth, the palate, though medium-bodied, packs a wallop of fruit with plenty of earthy/savory accents and an herbal lift to the finish. Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Issue date: November 30, 2018. Drinking window: 2018 - 2030.
V 96

Vinous

The 2003 Cos d’Estournel revels in a vintage that shone in Saint-Estèphe. In some ways it is a prototype of the 2009 however, the 2003 feels more natural, more a product of the growing season than a premeditated crowd-pleaser like the 2009. It has that almost gregarious bouquet with plush raspberry ripple, vanilla pod, crème de cassis and pencil lead aromas. As I have noted previously, it has shed a lot of baby fat in recent years, less flamboyant than in its youth. What is so surprising is the delineation evident in this wine, something that it shares with the 2003 Montrose and a virtue denuded many other Left Bank 2003s, especially in the southern Médoc. Maybe at the moment the Montrose just has the edge but that should take nothing away from one of the best 2003s you will find. Tasted at the Cos d’Estournel vertical in London. Reviewed by Neal Martin, Issue date: March 2018. Drinking window: 2020 - 2050.

2003 Chateau Cos d’Estournel – Saint-Estèphe’s Exotic Second Growth

Winery Information

The 2003 Chateau Cos d’Estournel stands as one of the most distinctive wines of this exceptional vintage. As a leading **Second Growth** estate in the Saint-Estèphe appellation, Cos d’Estournel is renowned for its exotic complexity, structured power, and consistent performance across decades.

Tasting Notes

Powerful aromatics of blackberry liqueur, incense, and Asian spice lead into layers of graphite, espresso, and charred earth. The palate is broad and concentrated, yet balanced, showing notes of black cherry, licorice, and cocoa, with a long, plush finish framed by polished tannins.

Winemaking & Vineyard Details

This vintage is composed of approximately **70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot**, sourced from vines rooted in Saint-Estèphe’s gravel and clay soils. The wine was aged for **18 months in 80% new French oak barrels**, highlighting Cos d’Estournel’s signature opulence while retaining a firm backbone of structure and minerality.

Investment & Collectibility

The 2003 Cos d’Estournel is widely regarded as one of the standout wines of a hot and challenging vintage. Its combination of richness, exotic spice, and long-term cellar potential makes it highly collectible and one of the most compelling Second Growths from this era. Perfect for your collection.

Vintage Specifics & Accolades

The **2003 vintage** in Bordeaux was defined by an intense summer heatwave, which favored deep, concentrated reds in the northern Médoc. Cos d’Estournel handled the heat exceptionally, producing a wine of rare complexity and power.

  • 98 points – Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  • 96 points – Wine Spectator
  • 95 points – Vinous

Explore Related Collections

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