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95 James Suckling
This is really excellent for the vintage with currants, dark berries and minerals on the nose and palate. Full body, firm tannins and a long finish. It’s a bit linear but racy and superb. One of the best of the vintage. Better in 2020.
18 Rene Gabriel
Auf Cos war es die früheste Ernte seit 1893 und die kleinste seit 1991! Jean-Guilaume Prâts: "Ich musste ich mich entscheiden, ob ich viel billigen Cos oder wenig grossen Cos mache. Um der Marke Willen und auf der stetigen Suche nach dem Besten, habe ich schweren Herzens zwei Drittel als Pagodes deklassiert". Es scheint auf Cos die Tendenz zu sein, dass es halt immer weniger gibt. Man muss sich das so vorstellen: Vom Jahrgang 1982 gab es 42'000 Kisten. Vom Jahrgang 2011 wird es 9000 Kisten geben. 65 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 30 % Merlot, 5 % Cabernet Franc. 36 hl/ha. Nur 30 % der Ernte wurde als Grand Vin selektioniert. Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Komplexes Bouquet mit einer gewissen Cabernet-Süsse im ersten Ansatz, dunkler Kaffee, Pflaumen, aber auch florale erfrischende Noten zeigend, im zweiten Ansatz Black Currant und junger Malaga. Nobler Gaumen, schon wunderbar integrierte Tannine zeigend, somit ist die Adstringenz schön ausgeglichen, Heidelbeeren und Cassis im Finale. Ein direkter, sehr gut vinifizierter, vielleicht gar etwas zu geschliffener Wein der seine Bewertung locker verdient. Vielleicht hat er Fans die ihn noch höher bewerten.
18 Rene Gabriel
Auf Cos war es die früheste Ernte seit 1893 und die kleinste seit 1991! Jean-Guilaume Prâts: "Ich musste ich mich entscheiden, ob ich viel billigen Cos oder wenig grossen Cos mache. Um der Marke Willen und auf der stetigen Suche nach dem Besten, habe ich schweren Herzens zwei Drittel als Pagodes deklassiert". Es scheint auf Cos die Tendenz zu sein, dass es halt immer weniger gibt. Man muss sich das so vorstellen: Vom Jahrgang 1982 gab es 42'000 Kisten. Vom Jahrgang 2011 wird es 9000 Kisten geben. 65 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 30 % Merlot, 5 % Cabernet Franc. 36 hl/ha. Nur 30 % der Ernte wurde als Grand Vin selektioniert. Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Komplexes Bouquet mit einer gewissen Cabernet-Süsse im ersten Ansatz, dunkler Kaffee, Pflaumen, aber auch florale erfrischende Noten zeigend, im zweiten Ansatz Black Currant und junger Malaga. Nobler Gaumen, schon wunderbar integrierte Tannine zeigend, somit ist die Adstringenz schön ausgeglichen, Heidelbeeren und Cassis im Finale. Ein direkter, sehr gut vinifizierter, vielleicht gar etwas zu geschliffener Wein der seine Bewertung locker verdient. Vielleicht hat er Fans die ihn noch höher bewerten.
94 Robert Parker
Composed of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the deep garnet-purple colored 2011 Cos d'Estournel gives up compelling notes of roasted nuts, black cherry compote, blueberry pie and red and black currants with touches of yeast extract and smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied, very firm, grainy textured and with a great core of youthful black fruits, the palate reveals loads of savory layers on the very long finish. This is very youthful and slowly maturing—a very impressive showing for this vintage!
94 Robert Parker
Composed of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the deep garnet-purple colored 2011 Cos d'Estournel gives up compelling notes of roasted nuts, black cherry compote, blueberry pie and red and black currants with touches of yeast extract and smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied, very firm, grainy textured and with a great core of youthful black fruits, the palate reveals loads of savory layers on the very long finish. This is very youthful and slowly maturing—a very impressive showing for this vintage!
90 Wine Spectator
Offers ample, almost flashy fruit, with layers of fig, boysenberry and blackberry pâte de fruit rushing forth, lined with anise and toasted spice details. Stays flattering through the finish and will win some fans, but lacks the grip and density for the long haul. Drink now through 2021. –JM
90 Wine Spectator
Offers ample, almost flashy fruit, with layers of fig, boysenberry and blackberry pâte de fruit rushing forth, lined with anise and toasted spice details. Stays flattering through the finish and will win some fans, but lacks the grip and density for the long haul. Drink now through 2021. –JM
89 Vinous
The 2011 Cos d'Estournel shows quite a bit of extraction on the nose with brambly red fruit, blackcurrant, iris flower and cedar, gaining cohesion with time in the glass. The palate is ripe and chewy, good depth but broad-shouldered, again, maybe a little heavy on the extraction, whilst the finish feels a little monotone. Difficult to see where this will go. Frankly, I would drink this sooner rather than later. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
89 Vinous
The 2011 Cos d'Estournel shows quite a bit of extraction on the nose with brambly red fruit, blackcurrant, iris flower and cedar, gaining cohesion with time in the glass. The palate is ripe and chewy, good depth but broad-shouldered, again, maybe a little heavy on the extraction, whilst the finish feels a little monotone. Difficult to see where this will go. Frankly, I would drink this sooner rather than later. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
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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.