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  • Country ranking ?

    152
  • Producer ranking ?

    3
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

The call of faraway lands. As mysterious and intriguing as a lone adventurer returning from a solitary sail, Cos d’Estournel is slow to reveal itself. Little by little, it evokes stories of distant places, market stalls brimming with unfamiliar fruits, spices and wares, village festivities warmed by the joy of revelers and the setting sun, and sumptuous visions of ladies and their voluptuous curves. A myriad of scents, colors and tastes appeal...

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Vintage 2020

In Bordeaux, the heat led to early flowering. Additionally, this led to an early harvest after a very hot summer. As a starting point, there is great maturity in the grapes, and we can expect a more opulent vintage than in recent years.

This year's summer was the hottest since 1959, but the rain fell at just the right time during the growing season. The harvest took place two weeks before the norm and will produce grapes with high alcohol p...

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Written Notes

Dark purple colour with violet hue and black core. Opulent and complex nose with juicy fruit, reminiscent of blackberries, plums, sweet elderberries and blackcurrant spurs. Multi-layered spiciness reminiscent of cardamom, cloves, vanilla and gingerbread, fine toasting and elegant oak. On the palate sophisticated taste with great persistence, freshness and tension, silky tannins and discreet minerality in the finish.

  • 98p

Château Cos d’Estournel 2020 Barrel Sample (Saint-Estèphe); 96–98 points.Powerful, ripe fruits show exceptional quality and a velvety character that’s allied to a ripe structure. With the freshness so typical of the vintage, the wine seems open and fruity but surprises with its density.

  • 98p

2020  Château Cos d'Estournel St. Estèphe Deep garnet in hue, the wine shoots from glass with tobacco leaf, currants, spice box, cigar wrapper, blackberry and cassis. Elegant, fresh and vibrant, the wine is silky, long and precise. There is a cool spicy note that rides along with all the layers of soft, polished fruits on the mid-palate and in the finish. This is a refined vintage for COS. You find lower alcohol and the wine feels more energetic on the palate and in the finish, even though the pH is high at 3.9.  Let it sleep for at least a decade before popping a cork.  Produced from a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot, 13.46 % ABV, the harvest took place September 10 to September 24. 97-99  Pts

  • 99p

Cos d'Estournel CC - 62% Cabernet Sauvignon + 38% Merlot. 15% more Merlot in 2020 compared with the 2018 vintage. 13.46% alcohol. This wine is a very St.Estephe, very Cabernet Sauvignon, yet taking some advantage of more Merlot in the blend. Grilled bacon, cigar box and tobacco, excellent midpalate, powerful with strong backbone, yet vibrant and juicy. Fantastic complexity and long-lasting finish. Spectacular effort. 98-99p.

  • 99p

Ruby. Blackberries, cassis, cocoa, chocolate, rich, dense nose, intense. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, blackberries, anise and spices, rich, deep and layered, long finish. 96-98

  • 98p
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St-Estèphe, Bordeaux
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