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Pagodes de Cos (2nd wine of Cos d'Estournel) 2005

St Estephe, Second wine

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The second wine, the 2005 Les Pagodes de Cos, is already delicious. Offering plenty of cedar, cappuccino, and black cherry notes in a medium-bodied, seamless style with no hard edges, it will provide plenty of pleasure over the next decade.

Score: 90

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2008-2018 30 April 2008

The strict selection for the grand vin has benefited the second wine, the 2005 Les Pagodes de Cos. A 50-50 blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it is obviously much lighter, but still deliciously fruity, offering notions of graphite, blackberries, and cherries, fresh acidity, sweet tannin, and real elegance and complexity. This is no ordinary second wine. Drink it during its first 10-12 years of life.

Score: 88 - 90

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 30 April 2006

Very vibrant, dynamic nose - great intensity. Vigorous, savoury attack and then wonderfully opulent fruit. Lots of richness and ripe fruit but in a pretty strict corset of fine but very chewy tannin. Well done! Definitely St. Estèphe. Always instructive to taste at Cos immediately after Lafite with Cos so very different and very St-Estèphe. Just falls away a little suddenly on the finish. Younger vine produce in here.

Score: 17

Jancis Robinson MW, - Maturity: 2014-2024 10 April 2006

Very attractive aromas of blackberries and currants follow through to a full body, with ultrafine tannins and a long, delicious finish. Very racy and linear.

Score: 89 - 91

James Suckling, Wine Spectator 01 April 2006

Attractive nose of plums, cherries and espresso. Juicy with plush dark fruits and a succulent, creamy texture. Very well-rounded, supple and straightforward.

Score: -

Albany Vintners, - 01 January 1900