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95 James Suckling
Wow. What a nose with currants, blackberries, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stones and wet earth. Full-bodied, refined yet muscular and trim. Fabulously polished tannins. Try drinking in 2020.
18 Rene Gabriel
75 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 22 % Merlot, 2 % Cabernet Franc, 1 % Petit Verdot. 50 % der Ernte ergab Grand Vin. Produktion: 140'000 Flaschen. Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Herrliches Kaffeebouquet, Zedernholz, helle Ledernoten, ganz zarter Korinthenschimmer, mitteltief im Ansatz und auch vom Druck her mehr elegant aber irgendwie auch defensiv. Der Gaumen ist fein, zeigt Klasse und eine wunderschöne Balance, die Tannine sind mild gestimmt, nachhaltiges Finale und genau dann, wenn man den Schluss ermittelt, kommen ein paar recht sehnige Muskeln zum Tragen. Das ist dann mehr ein Absender der Appellation Saint Estèphe als ein Merkmal für Cos. Wird sich für einmal tendenziell somit eher klassisch entwickeln.
18 Rene Gabriel
75 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 22 % Merlot, 2 % Cabernet Franc, 1 % Petit Verdot. 50 % der Ernte ergab Grand Vin. Produktion: 140'000 Flaschen. Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Herrliches Kaffeebouquet, Zedernholz, helle Ledernoten, ganz zarter Korinthenschimmer, mitteltief im Ansatz und auch vom Druck her mehr elegant aber irgendwie auch defensiv. Der Gaumen ist fein, zeigt Klasse und eine wunderschöne Balance, die Tannine sind mild gestimmt, nachhaltiges Finale und genau dann, wenn man den Schluss ermittelt, kommen ein paar recht sehnige Muskeln zum Tragen. Das ist dann mehr ein Absender der Appellation Saint Estèphe als ein Merkmal für Cos. Wird sich für einmal tendenziell somit eher klassisch entwickeln.
93 Robert Parker
The 2012 Cos d'Estournel is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. It has a deep garnet-purple color and reveals expressive black cherries, black raspberries and red and black plums scents with subtler notes of cassis, menthol, pencil lead and cigar box plus a touch of lavender. Medium-bodied and elegantly styled, with a rock-solid frame of chewy tannins, it delivers a lively lift on the long finish. This is a lovely wine with slightly chewier tannins and less stuffing than the 2011. Needs 4-5 years.
92 Wine Spectator
Juicy raspberry, blackberry and plum confiture notes roll along, while the bramble-edged structure and accents of roasted apple wood and spice fill in. The finish has a lightly firm plum skin edge, but overall there's drive, intensity and depth to the pure fruit. A solid effort. Best from 2017 through 2025. –JM
92 Wine Spectator
Juicy raspberry, blackberry and plum confiture notes roll along, while the bramble-edged structure and accents of roasted apple wood and spice fill in. The finish has a lightly firm plum skin edge, but overall there's drive, intensity and depth to the pure fruit. A solid effort. Best from 2017 through 2025. –JM
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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.