James Suckling 99 pts：
The purity of fruit in this is fascinating with plums, currants and other dark fruits. Then there is another layer of spices and chocolate. So much cassis. Full and very layered with chewy polished tannins and a long, long finish. Just starting to open. Changes all the time.
Jeb Dunnuck 99 pts：
A lesson in genuinely great wine, the 2005 Cos d’Estournel is a monster of a wine that delivers an incredible level of opulence and decadence while staying weightless and elegant on the palate, with no sensation of heaviness. This is what truly great wine is all about. Based on 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and the final 4% Cabernet Franc, this dense ruby/plum-hued Saint-Estèphe offers up a monster bouquet of blackcurrants, unsmoked tobacco, licorice, toasted bread, classy oak, and cedar pencil. While it starts out reserved and almost understated, this is a wine that blossoms with air (I drank this bottle over two days, showing best on day two). Full-bodied, powerful, and decadent on the palate, with moderate acidity, it has a wealth of silky tannins, a stacked mid-palate, and a great, great finish. It reminds me of the 2009, if not an improved 1982, or even a slightly fresher 2003. Regardless, it’s a thrilling wine in every sense, and I fear with the focus on acidity and freshness in today's wine world, we might not see this style of great wine for some time.
Wine Spectator 98 pts：
Black in color, with aromas of orange peel, new leather, currant, berry and Christmas pudding. Full-bodied, with layers of velvety tannins and a long, long finish of fruit and spices. The cashmere texture is all there. 2003 plus 2000 equals 2005.
Wine Advocate 98 pts：
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!!
Wine Enthusiast 97 pts：
Saint-Estèphe has a reputation for tannins, and this 2005 Cos lives up to that. But it does much more, because the tannins add richness along with intensely ripe black fruits, dark plums and figs. The dense tannins are finely balanced with fresh acidity, and a long-lasting aftertaste. Impressive.
Decanter 93 pts：
This over-delivers and stands out in the line up. A stunning second wine at 15 years old, impressively textured with soft tannins that are still very much in play. Dense plum in colour, this offers layer after layer of black cherry, cassis, smoked earth, graphite and sweet tobacco. Michel Reybier was five years into his ownership at this point with Jean-Guillaume Prats director. They had tightened up selection for the first wine, benefitting the quality of the second as with Petit Mouton just round the corner, and it shows in the concentration and structure. 40% new oak. Drinking Window 2020 - 2035
【酒莊 Winery】
Chateau Cos d’Estournel 名列二級酒莊，素有“Saint Estephe酒王”之美譽，被很多酒評家稱為質量可躋身一級的超二級莊！而酒莊也同時榮登Robert Parker世界最偉大的155間酒莊之一，連續 5 年 James Suckling 97 分以上2018 除了是波爾多絕佳年份之外，更是 Cos d'Estournel 第一個加入副牌白酒的年份，要知道副牌白酒是用上不符合正牌規格的葡萄，即是代表正牌直接加多了一層篩選，挑選葡萄變得更嚴格，令正牌品質更高。
雖位於Saint Estephe，事實上離Pauillac很近，跟知名的Chateau Lafite拉菲酒莊可說是緊鄰相接。Logo上的那個R，代表著2000年接手經營的瑞士銀行家Michel Reybier。但也有另一種有趣的說法，這個R同時也象徵Return－希望Cos「回到」過去酒價曾是Chateau Lafite兩倍的光榮時期。
這間 Saint Estephe 超二級名莊相信大家都不陌生除了是 Robert Parker 世界最偉大 155 間酒莊之一，正牌紅酒亦曾獲 Robert Parker 100分滿分Cos d'Estournel 是波爾多最早自家裝瓶的酒莊之一，早期亦不靠酒商，自己直接賣給客人。亦出口到世界各地， 1855 年時為了參加分級，轉手後將酒經回酒商售賣，正確的商業決定令酒莊得到了二級頭銜之後都經歷過多次轉手，直到近年在 2000 年俾 Michel Reybier 買入後質素開始穩定地高2000 後正牌紅酒在 Wine Advocate 就從無低過 90 分，更分別在 2009 和 2016 年獲得 100 分滿分可見近年真的是超二水準。
