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Viinin Kuvailu
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...
Vuosikerta 1999
The 1999 Bordeaux harvest stands as an intriguing, warm, and highly heterogeneous vintage, defined by a humid, sunny growing season punctuated by a notorious August 11 hail storm in Saint-Émilion and localized late-September harvest rains that demanded meticulous vineyard selection. Properties on the Right Bank—particularly in Pomerol and unaffected sectors of Saint-Émilion—harvested early under warm, dry conditions, crafting plush, opulent, M...
