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Ch. Cos d'Estournel

Cos d'Estournel 2eme Cru Classe Saint-Estephe

Bordeaux

Saint-Estephe

Centropa Restaurant

Ruby red. Violets, cassis, licorice, anise, exotic and sweet pipe tobacco. Fresh acidity. Blueberries, cassis, licorice, anise, tobacco and spice. Polished tannins. Very long.

Expert

Highly textural, with layers and depth, this shows savoury and slim black fruits, real finesse, beautifully precise and grippy texture, cocoa bean, espresso, lovely quality. This feels genuinely old school in the best sense of the word. Harvest 23 September to 7 October. 3.52 pH. 20% new oak, 46% 1st wine. 

Inside Bordeaux

Aroma av anise, blyantspiss, vanilje, moreller, kirsebær, tyttebær, perfyme, 

Havy tanninstruktur, vil lagres veldig godt, må være tålmodig,  

Poeng 96

WSET 2

Inky colour with violet edging, this is full of intense damson, incense, baked plum and black chocolate. A huge quantity of tannins but the texture is velvety, giving a creamy edge to the fruits, with contrast and freshness provided by orange zest and slate. Some of the old Merlot vines on gravel were picked early to tame them but generally the vineyard took the vintage in its stride, and almost 75% of production is in the 1st wine. Harvest September 7 to 23, 33hl/h yield, 90IPT, 50% new oak. Potential upscore in bottle.

Lovely stuff, elegant and sculpted, great quality, showcasing the successful side of a cool vintage. There is some austerity, as you would expect, with chewy tannins holding blueberry and black cherry fruits, well balanced with grilled cinnamon and sandalwood smoke. 55% new oak. Among the wines of the vintage.

The 2020 Cos d’Estournel has a deep garnet-purple color. It is very closed at this youthful stage but with much shaking it opens out to vivacious notes of crushed blackcurrants, juicy blackberries, kirsch, and cinnamon stick, plus suggestions of star anise, lilacs, and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate shimmers with energetic black fruit and mineral layers, supported by fine-grained, beautifully ripe tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and fragrant. A very elegant expression of Cos, and absolutely beguiling!

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Powerful, concentrated and textured black cherry, cassis and blueberry fruits, laden with black truffle, cocoa bean and liquorice root. Reduction on the first nose gives a gunsmoke edge, this is full of personality and opens to show fresh acidities and finessed tannins. Such a good vintage at this estate, one to cellar for a good few years and then luxuriate in when it's ready. 40hl/h.

Just over the border from Pauillac into St Estèphe, Michel Reybier's Cos d'Estournel is for me the wine of the 2018 vintage in St Estèphe. Perhaps because it often showcases turmeric, cinammon and saffron spices, finding them in 2018 feels in keeping with the signature flavours of the property rather than being overly marked by vintage conditions. There is complexity and power here also damson, fig, cassis and blackberry fruits, alongside muscular tannins. Fresh acidities through the finish keep a sense of momentum and this is powerful with ambition, and it carries it off perfectly. 65% of production went into the grand vin. 50% new oak (a little lower than the usual 60%).

Ekstremt steinete, kaffekake, tobakk, mørk bakst. Ekstremt pent strukturert, nydelig 17- utgave. 

Exceptional quality, silky tannins, cinammon, turmeric, cloves, grilled liqourice root, crushed rocks, almost seamless, so full of life and character, and brambled fruit. Chcooate, damson, so juicy and characterful, and singing of St Estèphe character, this is the appellation at its best. Decades ahead of it. Shame about the heavy bottle. 100% new oak.Michel Reybier owner, Aymeric de Gironde director (his last year in the role before heading over to Troplong Mondot).

A kick and a squeeze of brambled fruit sets the opening notes, and this captures the exuberance of the vintage, slowed down by a slate scrape expression of the tannins, together with cumin, cigar box, crayon and black pepper spice. Well judged, more luscious than many in this corner of the Médoc in 2015 and it works, delivering concentration and ageability. Scores higher than its 2014, unusually for St Estèphe. Michel Reybier owner, Aymeric de Gironde director.

Composed of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, 2014 Cos d’Estournel has a medium to deep garnet-brick color. Notes of sandalwood, dried roses, star anise, and plum preserves slowly emerge from the glass, leading to a core of red currant jelly and kirsch. The medium-bodied palate delivers fine-grained tannins and a lively backbone to support the maturing red and black fruit preserves flavors, finishing on a lingering licorice note.

The 2013 Cos d’Estournel has a medium garnet color, with a touch of brick. Notes of dried sage, new leather, tobacco leaf, and cedar lead on the nose, giving way to wafts of olives and dusty soil. The medium-bodied palate is chewy and a tad tart, with a firm, rugged finish.

Plenty of exotic spices, saffran, clove, black pepper, turmeric, cassis, with sandalwood, gunsmoke and cedar smoke. Both character and bite, with plenty of impact. 50% of overall production, this is a successful Cos d'Estournel with plenty to recommend, capturing the gourmet sweetness of the vintage. 70% new oak.

The 2010 Cos d’Estournel is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet colored, it needs a lot of shaking and swirling to unlock notes of crème de cassis, blueberry pie, and Indian spices, leading to fragrant wafts of dusty soil, cigar box, and dried lavender. The palate gracefully grows into a rich, full-bodied behemoth, delivering a rock-solid structure of firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness to support the taut, muscular fruit, finishing long and minerally.

A wine that caused plenty of arguments among critics and wine lovers at the time, and 15 years on it remains full on and pumped up. Silky texture, smoked caramel, intense cracked pepper, cloves, incense, olive peel, blackberry and damson fruits, impactful but a little too much even now. The terroir character is just starting to assert itself, and this is a one point upscore since I tasted it at the ten years on point. 100% new oak.

A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot, the 2006 Cos d’Estournel has a medium garnet color with a touch of brick. Slowly, it unfurls with soft-spoken scents of black raspberries, Morello cherries, and dried Provence herbs, plus touches of pencil shavings and fallen leaves. The medium-bodied palate is surprisingly youthful, with pleasantly chewy tannins and racy tension lifting the red berry and herbal flavors, finishing with a real skip in its step. Flirting with the crunchy side of ripeness, it’s aging slowly. Very nicely done!

Vibrant, with stately ruby red depths, touches of smoked oak, grilled cocoa bean and liqourice. This is powerful, with depths to the slate-strewn tannins. Tobacco, saffron, sage, crushed stones, baked earth, there is an opulent ripeness to the fruit, just on the precipice of tertiary. A lovely wine, big shouldered still with a few years before reaching its plateau. A few years ago I wrote of the Cos 2005, 'Good luck trying to predict when this wine will reach its end', and I still absolutely stand by that comment. 100% new oak.

Magnum.

Duft av tørket fruktig, samt røde jordbær, rosin, lys sjokolade, tobakk, lær, sedertre og hvit pepper.

Smak av tørket jordbær, syrlige lyse plommer, og lakris. Syren er fortsatt pen, og tanninene er silke. Medium + konsentrasjon.

Smakt hos Chateau Cos d'Estournel.

Dette er hvorfor jeg elsker vin! 

Fyldig moden og kraftig BDX. Her får man alt man ønsker.  
Skogbunn og mørke frukt. Parfyme av tobakk, lakris og plomme

Amatør

Tasted for a Decanter masterclass back in May, this is yet another wine this year that proves 1996 Médocs are totally on their game, and should not be ignored. For me this is one of the all-time best vintages of Cos, combining the gourmet truffle and cocoa bean welcome that this estate is known for with the powerful tannic frame of St Estephe, and ripe but still juicy cassis fruits. So much personality and pleasure on offer here. 65% new oak.

Sommelier

Masse frukt her fortsatt. Moden rips, skogsbær og solbær. Lær, tobakk, lakris og eukalyptus. Stor utvikling i glasset og over noen timer lufting. Strukturen er helt myk og tanninene fullstendig nedbrytt. På helt perfekt sted nå etter min mening. 

Ch Cos d'Estournel 1989 magnum. Fra polers spesialslipp for noen år siden. Rett fra flaska var jeg overrasket over hvor moden vinen fremstod. Perfekte modne tanninner, struktur og flott konsentrert kjølig frukt. Lag på lag med spice og cedar. Vinen har noe østsideaktig over seg, noe som samsvarer med en merlotandel på hele 40%. Holder 20 år til, men ingen grunn til å vente på annet enn en riktig anledning. Perfekt match til vertens lammecarree. Vi er privilegerte. 95 poeng.

Ja takk mer av dette!

Fyldigmed eksplosjon av mørke bær. Fantastisk perfyme. 

Modne moreller, solbær, litt brett, trevirke, mint, de var nok litt harde på eiken, heftig anslag, mørk og kremete frukt, veldig flott fruktkvalitet, strukturert, drue tanninene fremstår modne og fine, men noe røft tanninpreg som nok er eiken, hjelper at frukten er såpass forførende. 

Syrlige kirsebær og hvit pepper i finish. Mye bra her og med tid mulig eiken integreres enda bedre, i så fall blir det meget bra. Funker veldig bra til mat. 92-94p

Ekstremt ung vin for alderen. 
Bekmørk farge med duft av karamell og «lakris». 
Som sort kremfløte i munnen og en lang finish der tanninene slipper mens smaken holder ut. Overraskende bra igjen fra Cos

Særs overasket over at denne var livlig etter nesten 70 år!

Tasted at Lafite (alongside the Lafite Rothschild 1988, which was delicious but did not overshadow this amazing wine). Ethereal, if a wine can truly be described that way. Gossamer fine tannins, a blush of raspberry and blackberry fruits, giving way to undergrowth, white truffle, barely-there saffron and cold ash. It had been held in the cellars at Lafite for as long as the current generation can remember, so had not travelled more than 300m from its site of production. There is no realistic drink by date on this wine, and the blend is also unknown, although almost certainly dominant Cabernet Sauvignon (possibly with Malbec, Castet, Cabernet Franc alongside, perhas a trace of Merlot). The Basque Errazu family had been owners of Cos since just the year before, buying from London banker Charles-Cecil Martyns in 1869. I hardly need to add that the score means nothing - it is just a number to tell you that drinking this wine provided an exceptional moment in time.

2024	No priceNot available	Outstanding
2023	No priceNot available	Extraordinary
2022	No priceNot available	Extraordinary
2021	kr 1 994.90Not available	Outstanding
2020	kr 2 950.00Not available	Extraordinary

Category	Red wine
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Producer	Ch. Cos d'Estournel
Vintages	2003
Country	France, Bordeaux, Saint-Estephe
Bottle	75 cl

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