2025 Cos d'Estournel Rouge

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2028!
Delivery until Fall 2028!

(Saint-Estèphe; 60% Cabernet Sauvignon; 39% Merlot; 1% Petit Verdot; a final yield of 29 hl/ha; pH 3.68; IPT 81; 13.625% alcohol; tasted at the property with Dominique Arangoits and members of the Reybier family). Ethereal in its purity and very beautiful. Cos is a little intimate, drawing you in, with that dark graphite, a hint of cedar, a little pencil-shaving and copious dark berry fruits, a little cherry, but also, crucially that heathy, wild herb and here floral note, the signature of the appellation in the northern Médoc. I find this incredibly pure texturally, cool at the core, and spherical in form with great density and a sensation of viscosity that is rare in the vintage. I'm almost in tears. This has that slightly sombre haunting elegance that I think we will associate with the greatest wines of this vintage over the years to come. Incense and myrrh replace the sweet spices of old. Energetic and dynamic in its freshness. Beautiful. Sublime.
98-100/100 Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Cos d'Estournel needs a fair bit of shaking and swirling to unlock fragrant scents of peonies, tree moss, and fertile loam, opening to a core of crushed blackcurrants and black raspberries, plus a touch of cardamom. The medium-bodied palate has fantastic energy with vivacious black fruit flavors and a lively line, framed by firm, grainy tannins, finishing long and minerally. The blend is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. It has a pH of 3.68 and the alcohol is 13.25%.
96-98/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Incense and sandalwood aromatics, combines the density and concentration of a hot vintage with the freshness and balanced alcohols of a cooler vintage, meaning both weight and lightness of touch (this is something you will hear a lot with the 2025 vintage but rarely find in reality). A real breadth and wide spectrum of possibilities are contained here, a little austere right now but these dark berry fruits and firm tannins are waiting to bloom with ageing. 3.68pH. 50% new oak. Harvest was September 3, earliest since the Reybier era (they began September 7 on 2022, and also in 1989) through to September 19. Last year in organic conversion.
97/100 Jane Anson

It becomes clear that Château Cos d’Estournel truly shines when fruit bursts forth with energy and juice flows freely. In 2025, it opens onto a shimmering world of fruit, almost like waves in motion, where mulberry, blueberry, and sour jujube surge upward in vivid succession, pulling me effortlessly into its lively embrace. The estate’s signature oriental spice character does not rush to the forefront; instead, it waits quietly in the background, allowing the exuberant fruit to settle before notes of cardamom, star anise, and a touch of curry powder take over the rhythm. Then, with tannins as fine and smooth as liquid foundation, the palate is gently guided into a deeper, more layered stage of the tasting journey.
97-98/100 Alexandre Ma