Château Cos d'Estournel 2025 En Primeur 750ml is a powerful yet finely balanced Saint-Estèphe Grand Cru Classé, blending Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with a touch of Petit Verdot. The wine shows a deep and complex aromatic profile of blackberries, cassis, violets, graphite, pencil shavings, flint, and spice, lifted by subtle smoky and mineral nuances. Full-bodied yet composed, it delivers dense fruit wrapped in open-grained, velvety tannins, with remarkable freshness and precision. Despite its inherent power, the structure remains controlled and refined, showing both intensity and elegance in equal measure. This is a highly promising vintage with excellent ageing potential through 2050, reflecting Cos d’Estournel’s signature combination of richness, exotic complexity, and architectural structure.

James Suckling | JS 98-99
Published: Apr 27, 2026

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. A blend of 60% cabernet sauvignon, 39% merlot and 1% petit verdot.

The Wine Advocate | RP 96-98
Published: Apr 30, 2026

The 2025 Cos d'Estournel appears to be one of the finest wines this property has produced in the last decade. Unwinding in the glass with a deep bouquet of dark berry fruit mingled with violets, pencil shavings, burning embers and anise, it's full-bodied, ample and velvety, with a broad attack, layered mid-palate and beautifully fresh, concentrated flavors. All of this terroir's inherent power is present, contained within very classical proportions at 13.3% alcohol. The 2025 is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot.

Decanter | D 98
Published: Apr 1, 2026
Drink: 2034-2050

Vivid pink colour in the glass. Plush, plump and chewy yet serious in a tight, cool blue fruit and graphite way. Lots of gravelly minerality keeps this quite focused and straight but with lovely fine layers of flavour and fruitiness. Classic in the sense of lower alcohol but still with ripe tannins – a nice combination. Still shy I’d say for Cos, definitely not the showy more exuberant style you can find. Refined but well built and definitely not overripe. Dominique Arangoits, technical director of Cos d'Estournel said 2025 was a: ‘Very interesting vintage, the dry situation arrived early so the vines adapted better. Easter brought three days of rain with 115mm on 20 April which proved vital, followed by helpful rain at the end of August. We started harvest on 3 September – our earliest ever. Nice quality of tannins and colour – we have the benefits of a hot season but with cool nights too, low alcohol and nice quantity of fresh fruit. It’s a mix of styles – ripeness and precocity of 2022 and freshness of 2016. Maybe a bit like 2020.’ 3.68pH. 65% grand vin production.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 13.25%
Body: Medium
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 1% Cabernet Franc 60% Cabernet Sauvignon 39% Merlot

Jancis Robinson | JR 17.5
Published: Apr 14, 2026

60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot. 29 hl/ha. Cask sample.
Deep purple-black colour. Layered and intense with blackcurrant, graphite and spice notes. Powerful but refined, the muscle there but no excess. Dense and complex with length on the finish. (JL)

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