Château Cos d’Estournel 2005

WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 865; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 863. The average score for Château Cos d’Estournel is 905, making this a below average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Cos d’Estournel they use words like Fruit, Full, Black, Rich, Tannins, Ripe, Sweet, Long, Tannin, Purple, Spice, Fruits, Fine, Licorice, Exotic. The 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Cos d’Estournel: Ageworthy, Glow, Fleshed, Superstar, Dimensional, Glorious, Inaccessible, Nuanced, Camphor, Shiny. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.83%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2005 (12.5% vs 13.1%). The wine will be ready to drink in 1 years (in 2017) and should be consumed within the next 24 years (by 2040). It normally takes wines from Château Cos d’Estournel around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 18 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Latour 2005, Château Angélus 2005, Château Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Giscours 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.

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