2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel
Red Bordeaux Blend
France / Bordeaux / Medoc / Saint-Estephe
WINEMAKER NOTES
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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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.
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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.
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
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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