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Château Cos D'Estournel, 2005
Region France - Bordeaux - St. Estèphe
Grape Cabernet-Sauvignon/Merlot
Producer Château Cos d'Estournel
Vintage 2005
Vintage Eco Warrior
Colour Red
Dryness Dry
Body Medium Full Bodied
Food Beef/Pork/Game
Drink Best laid down

Château Cos D'Estournel, 2005
Ref: A038505
2eme Cru Classé St. Estèphe

We certainly rate this extraordinary wine as on of the 'wines of the vintage'. An amazing wine with extraordinary textured elegance. A compelling nose of spice, cedar wood and black fruits backed up by an inky-purple colour. A superb rich and succulent fruit is given a beautiful purity by a zingy acidity. Stunning length and balance. Remarkable. Drink 2018 to 2035.

Born in 1762 during the reign of Louis XV and died in1853 under Napoleon III, at the remarkable age of 91, Louis Gaspard d'Estournel had one sole passion: Cos. Having inherited a few vines near the village of Cos, he recognized, in 1811, the quality of their wine and decided to vinify them separately. Very rapidly, Cos d'Estournel's wine exceeded the prices of the most prestigious wines and was exported as far as India. Louis became known as 'the Maharajah of Saint-Estèphe'. To celebrate his distant conquests, he had exotic pagodas erected over his cellar, organized spectacular festivities at Cos and presented the great people of this world with some precious bottles of Cos "Returned from India". In 1852, overwhelmed with debts he had accumulated in order to extend and beautify his estate, Louis was obliged to sell Cos to a London banker called MARTYNS. Permitted by MARTYNS to remain and live on the land he had so much loved, he died there in 1853, two years before the supreme consecration of his work: the imperial classification of 1855 placing Cos d'Estournel at the head of the Saint-Estèphes.

Cabernet Sauvignon 55% Merlot 45%
£166.42

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