The wine ends with a black plum, cassis and tapenade finish. The wine is concentrated, full bodied and lushly textured. There is no hurry to drink it, but the wine might be losing a bit of its charm as it continues to age.Scents redolent of dried leaves, blackberries, wood, smoke and tea. Through his marriage to Marie-Thérèse Hostein, Louis-Victor Charmolue, who also owned The château has remained in the Ginestet family since then, becoming in 1970 part of Domaines Prats, the combined holdings of the Ginestet and Prats families, and controlled by Bruno Prats. In the mouth, the wine has added weight and filled out in its texture since last tasted. The glycerin filled finish coats your palate, leaving you with a mélange of dark fruits that keep going for almost 50 seconds. On the palate, the wine is close to full bodied, with soft tannins and round textures. 12.9% alcohol. Earth, spice and black cherry scents, medium body and a fresh plum and cherry finish are found in this wine. Popped and poured, within 30 minutes, the wine, filled out, softened and moved from very good to suave, refined and elegant, retaining its full-bodied richness. 56 millésimes commentés de 1982 à nos jours. Opulent and regal, this is not quite at the level of the brilliant 2009, but it's not far from there either.Deep purple at the edges of its inky hue, this wine shows smoke, (Yes, a Deep Purple wine that shows Smoke on the Water) with licorice, Asian spice boysenberry and blackberries at the front of the perfume. 87-89 PtsBlended from 67% Sauvignon Blanc and 33% Semillon, the production recently increased to 500 cases, which is about double the previous level of production. The fruit flows over your palate with layers of silk and chocolate. Louis Gaspard d'Estournel, the founder The nose is more interesting than the palate here. In the mouth, the wine is fresh, fun and food friendly. The surreal texture is off the hook. While your palate is coated with layers of fruit, nothing is overwhelming. Perfectly balanced with concentration, silky tannins, lush, sensuous textures, freshness and a remarkable sense of purity, this is a flawlessly refined vintage for Cos.
This is showing well and will only get better over the next several decades. 56 vintages from 1982 to present. It set a new benchmark for cellars not only in the The gleaming, new cellars at Chateau Cos d’Estournel includes 84 isothermal, cone shaped, stainless steel vats. This is one of those wines you never get tired of tasting because each sip gives you something new to experience. In 2019, they opened a high-end hotel in Saint Estephe, La Maison d’Estournel on the site of the previously named Chateau Pomys. Better on the nose than the palate, with a lean, cranberry and cassis finish, this was better a few years ago. The first vintage produced with Aymeric de Gironde at the helm after the departure of Jean Guillaume Prats offers the estates’ tell-tale Asian spice scents, complicated by boysenberry and jammy black cherry. Each of the vats are double lined, which allows for more exact temperature control. Give to 2-4 years in the bottle and it could be even better.Ruby in color, cassis with cocoa powder, salty tannins and fresh dark, red berries are found in the spicy finish. Full-bodied, richly textured, polished and soft on the palate, the fruit tastes and feels great. But I think it will be open and offer pleasure before the 06. The sample remained in my glass for almost 5 hours without any sign of fading. 99/100 Pts . The wine was made using 65% Sauvignon Blanc and 35% Semillon. This delicious St. Estephe produced from a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot offers truffle, tobacco, wood, cassis, forest floor, Asian spice and blackberry with hints of mocha in the aromatics. This is a serious wine that is worth looking at in today’s marketplace.
I'll hold mine for at least another decade.Dark with a purple hue. This is probably drinking at close to full maturity. If you own it, drink it over the next 5 years.Already accessible with its copious levels of ripe, sweet, elegant, soft black fruit, truffle and incense.
Tannic, but the tannins are polished. When this wine matures, it will develop into a legendary bottle of Bordeaux.
This is showing most of what it has today, but it could get better from here.What a difference this was compared to the previous bottle I tasted. For me, while I get the depth of flavor, at the end of the day, it was not a lot of fun to drink.This a hard, tannic styled wine. Light in body, the wonderful nose was filled with Asian spice, flowers, tobacco leaf and fresh white, crisp cherries. Full bodied, rich, tannic, powerful, structured to age and showing a lot of freshness in the fruit, the wine is a modern version of a classic vintage of Cos d’Estournel that demands a minimum of a decade in the cellar.Inky purple in color, the nose reeks of plum and blackberry liqueur, incense, blueberry, wood, gravel and smoke.
More on the secondary leafy, earthy, tobacco side, with just a hint of red fruits remaining , well stored examples could be even better.The fill was almost at the cork.
The 2010 is, in fact, identical […] The wine offers massive concentration from ripe fruit. Prices have not moved much. Fans of traditional styled Bordeaux wine might like this more than I did.
Power and elegance make a perfect pairing here.
Soft, with no hard edges, 30 minutes in the decanted is all the wine needs to wake up. Quite vibrant and fruity. This is decadence with a backbone.
From yields of 43 Hectoliters per hectare, the Grand Vin was made from only 50% of the harvest. This was tasted from a bottle that still held the original cork. It's a large scaled wine filled with ripe, spicy, black fruit. Make no mistake, this is outstanding, but if you could only have one, grab the 2003.From a blend of 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine offers tobacco, earth, blackberry, red plum and coffee bean aromatics.
The name Cos (with the S pronounced) refers to a "hill of pebbles" in Gascon dialect and the name Cos d'Estournel was given in 1810 by Louis-Gaspard d'Estournel. Medium bodied with soft textures, and ripe tannins, the wine ends with a spicy, red and black fruit filled finish. By continuing to use this site, you consent to this. 90-92 PtsFresh, bright, intense blast of lemon, grapefruit and floral notes. The finish lasts over sixty seconds!