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2005 Château Cos d'Estournel
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Estèphe
Community Tasting Notes 338
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scott@asrestaurant.com Likes this wine: 94 points
November 23, 2023 - 2005 vintage. Decanted and tasted immediately and through 3 hours. Great fill/appropriate aging cork. Medium sed. Noticeably dark color. Any trace of the usual Cos baby fat for the first decade+ after release long gone geek. Interesting. This was a lean, mean, street-fighting machine with "minerality" to spare. Intense. Compact. Unsure if it will continue to menace in the next decade of life or retreat into a reclusive, "turtling" period. Best guess? Street-fighter par excellence. Regardless of taking the high or low road, it's not devolving into a drink 'em if you got 'em any time soon scenario. Thanksgiving 11.23.23.
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indiscriminate palate wrote:
November 23, 2023 - Open six hours. Fairly low-intensity nose, restrained nose. Palate is showing only a little fruit and solid tannin. Showing promise but still quite young and needs more years.
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Gdubya Likes this wine: 94 points
November 5, 2023 - Decantered for 20 mins, then back in the bottle for a couple of hours. (Plenty of sediment in the bottle)
Very dark in colour, ripe blackcurrant, powerful. Likely needs more time to peak and, with hindsight a longer decant
Nice wine. I’m about 94-96 on this one3 people found this helpful Comment -
Baron Samedi Likes this wine: 93 points
November 4, 2023 - Still an abundance of dark red fruit, cigarbox, and a hint of oriental spices, although still present tannins mask everything a bit. Elegant and multilayered structure. This was pure joy.
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JRavn Likes this wine: 94 points
October 13, 2023 - Fantastic wine! In its drinking window, slow-oxed for 4-5 hours, tobacco, dark red fruit and just in beautiful balance
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Pro Reviews 27
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By Charles Curtis MW
Bordeaux 2005 retrospective, 6/26/2021 (link)(Château Cos d'Estournel, St-Estèphe, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
2005 Bordeaux: Here and Now (Apr 2021), 4/1/2021 (link)(Cos d'Estournel Cos d'Estournel Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Hemming, MW
11/27/2020 (link)(Ch Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Up From The Cellar No. 10 & Misc New Releases, 6/2/2020 (link)(Chateau Cos d’Estournel) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Neal Martin
Fairest of Them All: Cos d’Estournel 1928 – 2015 (Oct 2018), 10/1/2018 (link)(Cos D'estournel Cos D'estournel Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
JA Cos d'Estournel Vertical, 7/2/2018 (link)(Château Cos d'Estournel, St-Estèphe, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jane Anson
JA Cos d'Estournel Vertical, 7/1/2018 (link)(Château Cos d'Estournel, St-Estèphe, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The WINEFRONT
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By Gary Walsh
3/16/2018 (link)(Chateau Cos d’Estournel) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/23/2017 (link)(Ch Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
2005 Bordeaux with Tanzer & Galloni (Nov 2015), 11/1/2015 (link)(Cos D'estournel Cos D'estournel) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
9/22/2015 (link)(Château Cos d’Estournel Saint-Estèphe, France) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/22/2015 (link)(Ch Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/29/2015 (link)(Ch Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
January 2015, 1/1/2015 (link)(Château Cos d’Estournel St Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
8/20/2013 (link)(Ch Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
Cos d'Estournel Vertical, 1/16/2011(Cos d'Estournel) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
November 2009 (link)(Chateau Cos d'Estournel St Estèphe) Subscribe to see review text.
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
Bordeaux Horizontals, 5/11/2009(Cos d'Estournel) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/20/2009 (link)(Ch Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/18/2009 (link)(Ch Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/31/2008 (link)(Ch Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132 (link)(Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint Estephe) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2006, IWC Issue #126 (link)(Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint Estephe) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/13/2006 (link)(Ch Cos d'Estournel St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
4/6/2013 (link) 94 points(Château Cos d'Estournel) Very dark red violet color; cedar, tart currant, light herb, marjoram, coffee nose; plush, tart currant, coffee, marjoram, tart black currant palate with firm tannins; needs 6-plus years yet; long finish
Wine Library TV
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
Top 2 Wines From The Book, Episode #514, 8/6/2008 (link) 98+ points(Chateau Cos d'Estournel) COLOR-dark; NOSE-some black cherry, leather & Asian spice, but quite tight right now; TASTE-great complexity; bright cherries are coming through; the polish is intense; I still taste the lingering finish on this classic Bordeaux; the back-end tannins completely convince me that this wine has the potential age for 50+ years; an amazing freshness; as this wine develops, I'm looking forward to the 2nd tier flavors on the mid-palate; dark fruits dominate this wine (black cherries & black fruit); the finish is staggeringly long; this is textbook & classic Bordeaux; great effort; GV-98+
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By Richard Jennings
1/13/2008 (link) 93 points(Château Cos d'Estournel) Black red violet color; incense and sandalwood nose; tasty, sexy, espresso, toasty, black fruit palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Château Cos d'Estournel
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Estèphe
- UPC Codes 000001979701, 000004209652, 086454010123, 087000347649, 3339010511013, 3339010511211, 3339010811014, 3339011411015, 3364420040297, 338870511013, 3394150020900, 3419466242331, 3450301060826, 400009765489, 616773325433, 636659007758, 639737586480, 649944080657
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 916 (3%)
- In Cellars 23,374 (76%)
- Consumed 6,630 (21%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Beef, Duck, entrecote w/ sauce, Game, grilled steak w/ sauce, Lamb, lamb w/ rosemary, Poultry, rack of lamb w/ herbs, roast beef w/ mushroomsWho Likes This Wine
100% Like It 161 votes
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- ProducerChâteau Cos d'Estournel
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Estèphe
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