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‘A wine of cool sophistication and polish, the 2015 Cos d'Estournel is endowed with striking length and overall balance’
Antonio Galloni
Since the millennium, when the estate was purchased by Michel Reybier, Cos D’Estournel has undergone major renovations. The result being that today it has the most modern and advanced cellars & winery in all of Bordeaux. Everything is gravity fed with the intention of handling the wine as delicately as possible. The results stay true to the style of Cos – muscular, robust and intensely flavoured – but with added focus and purity of expression.
The vineyards of Cos D’Estournel are separated from those of Lafite-Rothschild only by a stream. It is the merging of this special terroir and the concerted quest to achieve greatness, with no expense spared, that elevates this wine. True to form the 2015 has broad shoulders yet offers new found layers of refinement evident in the pretty aromas and spice-laden berry fruit.
2015s edition of Pagodes de Cos has taken notes from its elder sibling. It shares the bold berries and fresh, fragrant flavours and aromatics. Jancis Robinson earmarks this as a ‘Lovely top tip for early-maturing wine. GV?’. The perfect accompaniment to this estate’s first wine. A couple of cases of each will ensure you can glimpse the future of the Grand Vin whilst it slumbers in the cellar.
Château Cos D’Estournel 2015, St-Estèphe, 2ème Cru Classé Deeper in color than the 2015 Pagodes, it has a very pure bouquet with tightly knitted blackberry, blueberry and violet scents, perhaps just a little Margaux-like in style. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well-judged acidity and harmonious in the mouth. What it does not quite deliver is the complexity of a top-tier Cos d'Estournel or the peacock's tail of flavors on the finish, which feels linear and conservative compared to its peers in more southerly appellations. You feel as if the vintage put a tight leash on this Saint Estèphe grandee. There is pedigree in this Grand Vin for sure and it is bound to give up to 20 years of pleasure. |
Les Pagodes de Cos 2015, Château Cos D’Estournel 2015, St-Estèphe
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