2025, Château Cos d'Estournel, SAINT-ESTÈPHE, 2ème Grand Cru Classé

2025 is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc

Cos d'Estournel is in Saint Estèphe but borders Pauillac and, in particular, the vineyards of Château Lafite. The stunning winery is one of the most modern and sophisticated in all of Bordeaux, with a 100% gravity-fed cellar.

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. 2035-2075.
96-99 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.

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.
98-99 James Suckling.

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. 50% new oak. Last year in organic conversion. 2036-2055.
97 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

The 2025 Cos d'Estournel appears to be one of the finest wines this property has produced in the last decade. With a deep bouquet of dark berry fruit mingled with violets, pencil shavings and anise. It's full-bodied, ample and velvety, with a broad attack, layered mid-palate and beautifully fresh, concentrated flavours. All of this terroir's inherent power is present, contained within very classical proportions.
96-98 William Kelley, Wine Advocate.