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    1 194
  • Producer ranking ?

    39
  • Decanting time

    6h
  • When to drink

    from 2020
  • 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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Jean Guillaume Prats / Château Cos d´Estournel/ Vintage 2012

2012 Cos d’Estournel marks the end of an era with the Prats families involvement with Chateau Cos d’Estournel. It’s the final vintage for the man who has become the face of St. Estephe estate. Jean Guillaume Prats will leave the property at end of the year for a position with LVMH as the CEO of Maison Estates and wines starting in February 2013. Next, year, we’ll be speaking wit...

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Vintage 2012

The 2012 Bordeaux vintage report.

The 2012 Bordeaux vintage is a year for vineyard management and workers. Call it a winemakers vintage, or change your tune and call it vineyard managers vintage. Either descriptor works perfectly. Wineries with the financial capacity to take the necessary measures in the vineyards during the season, coupled with the willingness to severely downgrade unripe grapes, will produce the best wines. Even then, it ...

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this Bordeaux vintage offered many beautiful, tasty, and immensely attractive wines. They may not have the structure, complexity and length of the famous vintages like 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019, but they are an extremely affordable and excellent choice at restaurants. Furthermore, 2012 can now be enjoyed while you wait for the big vintages. Cos was precisely just like that, juicy, luscious and had a caressing finish. 

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Origin

St-Estèphe, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Satisfactory

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h
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