Bordeaux Themed
Timed Online Auction, 2 - 14 July 2025
Bordeaux | International
ZAR 9 000
About this Item
The 2005 vintage is known for its remarkable aging potential, allowing it to develop further complexity over the years. It can be enjoyed now but will continue to evolve beautifully for decades.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
'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!! ' - eRobertParker.com, 98/100 (2018)