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Cos d'Estournel 1983 75cl

2eme Grand Cru Classé | St. Estephe | Bordeaux | France
CHF 135.15
Critics scores
91 Wine Spectator
Dense and powerful with tobacco, cherry and vanilla aromas and flavors. Full-bodied and very firm with a long finish. Needs time; try after 1998.--The Bordeaux 50.
16 Rene Gabriel
Sehr oft verkostet. Die Wertung in der vollen Genussphase lag bei 17/20 Punkten. 95: Sehr tiefe Farbe, feine Orange-Färbung. Starkes Zedern-Bouquet, russig, Cigarrenkiste, Korinthen, Teer, beginnende Oxydation. Im Gaumen fest, fleischig, sanfte Lakritzenbitterkeit im trockenen Extrakt. Obwohl die Gerbstoffe noch recht massiv sind, oxydiert der Wein nach etwa zwei Stunden. 02: Die Nase ist leicht besser als der Gaumen, leider trocknet der Wein nunmehr vollständig aus. 03: Erstaunlich dunkle Farbe, wenig Reifetöne für dieses Alter. Das Bouquet beginnt trocken und öffnet sich nur langsam; zarter Kräuterhauch, Ricola, Kardamom, Backpflaumen, zeigt sich recht tiefgründig und entwickelt sogar einen Hauch schwarzer Trüffel. Mittelgewichtiger Gaumen, eine gewisse Neigung zu kapseliger Zungenstruktur, gute Konsistenz, jedoch nur mittleres Finale. Gut erhalten, aber seine Erwartungen nicht ganz erfüllend (15/20). In der Cos-Vertikale nicht besonders ansprechend; Wildfleischnoten in der Nase. Im Gaumen gerbig und unfertig, wirkt vordergründig. (15/20). 13: Mittleres, reifes Weinrot mit Orangenuancen. Intensives Bouquet, Dörrfrüchtenoten, Mokka, Röstkaffee, dunkles Malz, Korinthen, dunkles Leder, eine gewisse Hermitage-Affinität mit einen Teer-Untertönen. Im Gaumen ziemlich dicht, zeigt eine geschmeidige Textur, nachhaltiges Finale. Das ist wieder einmal eine richtig gute Flasche, nachdem er in letzter Zeit oft enttäuschend war. (17/20). 13: Deutliches Orange, im Innern noch etwas Granat. Welkes Bouquet, nasser Humus, Milchschokonoten, wirkt so etwas matt. Im Gaumen mit wenig Spannung, tiefe Säure, im Innern pfeffrig, ja sogar pikant, Cayennenoten. Trotzdem ist dieser Wein – für sein generelles Niveau – eher enttäuschend. War schon immer im Grand-Cru-Schlusslicht des Jahrganges. vorbei
81 Robert Parker
At first glimpse in March 1984, this Cos d'Estournel was raw, tannic, angular, and unyielding, although it had good color and weight on the palate. Later in the year the wine was showing more richness and fruit, but still decidedly tannic in a hard, lean way. Recent tastings have established that this wine is maturing quickly, taking on an advanced color. Never the picture of balance, this weedy, somewhat attenuated effort from Cos has become more compressed and charmless over time. It is a disappointment for the vintage. Anticipated maturity: Now. Last tasted 11/96.
81 Robert Parker
At first glimpse in March 1984, this Cos d'Estournel was raw, tannic, angular, and unyielding, although it had good color and weight on the palate. Later in the year the wine was showing more richness and fruit, but still decidedly tannic in a hard, lean way. Recent tastings have established that this wine is maturing quickly, taking on an advanced color. Never the picture of balance, this weedy, somewhat attenuated effort from Cos has become more compressed and charmless over time. It is a disappointment for the vintage. Anticipated maturity: Now. Last tasted 11/96.
Producer
Château Cos d'Estournel
Producing some of the greatest wines in the Médoc, Château Cos d'Estournel is undoubtedly the premier estate in Saint-Estèphe. The all-encompassing 91-hectares of vineyards surround the majestic, almost oriental domaine on the hill of Cos. Founder, Louis Gaspard d’Estournel was better known as “the Maharajah of Saint-Estèphe” in the 1800s because of his distant conquests, with his wines reaching as far as India. He built these exotic pagodas we see today in celebration of his successes. The property currently belongs to French multi-millionaire Michel Reybier, who has upheld the founding values of excellence and has pushed forth the quality even more so since 2000. Reybier’s impressive investments in cutting-edge technologies has brought the estate to new heights. The prominent vinification techniques include must-concentration, malolactic in barrel and new oak for ageing. The Cos d’Estournel is an age-worthy robust but harmonious wine that builds in intensity and complexity with ten years’ time. The second wine was initially labeled Marbuzet, which itself is a Cru Bourgeois, but it is now bottled as Les Pagodes de Cos. In 1852, he had to sell due to his overwhelming debts. The château was then sold twice more before the Ginestet family purchased it in 1917. Their ancestors, the Prats family retained it until 2000 when they sold it to Michel Reybier, a French multi-millionaire, who has spent considerable sums to carry forth Louis Gaspard d'Estournel's original avant garde style and to push forth the quality of the wine. Today, it arguably produces the grandest wine in St. Estèphe though some would argue that neighbouring Montrose surpasses it.