The 2025 Cos d’Estournel, 96-99 Pts Antonio Galloni
Cos d’Estournel consistently makes some of Bordeaux’s finest wines. From its famous vantage point in St. Estephe overlooking the vines of neighbouring Chateau Lafite, there is a consistency here matched by only the very best.
The 2025 Grand Vin has just been released, and for Antonio Galloni, it is a 96-99 point “masterpiece”.
Cos always delivered power and complexity with rich and bold flavours to the fore. In recent years, that’s been balanced by ever more purity, delicacy and finesse, with the resulting wine incredibly complete. The 2025 is a sensational iteration.
For Antonio Galloni, the 2025 is “shaping up to be one of the wines of the vintage. Grand, dramatic and sweeping, with notable textural intensity” and he writes “the 2025 is magical. Dark red/purplish fruit, spice, new leather, tobacco, lavender and mocha build effortlessly in the glass. More than anything else, I am blown away by the wine’s magnificent balance”.
For William Kelley, it “appears to be one of the finest wines this property has produced in the last decade”.
2025 Chateau Cos d’Estournel
96-99 points Antonio Galloni
The 2025 Cos d’Estournel is shaping up to be one of the wines of the vintage. Grand, dramatic and sweeping, with notable textural intensity, the 2025 hits all the right notes. Even in the very early going, the 2025 is magical. Dark red/purplish fruit, spice, new leather, tobacco, lavender and mocha build effortlessly in the glass. More than anything else, I am blown away by the wine’s magnificent balance. A masterpiece. Drink 2035-2075.
96-98 points William Kelley
The 2025 Cos d’Estournel appears to be one of the finest wines this property has produced in the last decade. Unwinding in the glass with a deep bouquet of dark berry fruit mingled with violets, pencil shavings, burning embers and anise, it’s full-bodied, ample and velvety, with a broad attack, layered mid-palate and beautifully fresh, concentrated flavors. All of this terroir’s inherent power is present, contained within very classical proportions at 13.3% alcohol. The 2025 is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot.
98-99 points James Suckling
A density to this, yet it remains balanced and complex, with well-integrated tannins and a juicy finish. It seems to be a wine with lots of fruit, but then it diffuses and shows open-grained, velvety tannins. Intense yet subtle blackberries, lead pencil and hazelnuts. Some flint. Persistent and reserved at the end. Great potential. A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot.
Offered subject to final confirmation. Available in 2028.
With best wishes,
The Vinum Team
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