Cos d'Estournel 2021
Red wine | 2nd Cru Classé, Saint-Estèphe AOC
Like a solitary adventurer having sailed across the seas, Cos d'Estournel seems at first secret and intriguing. Then it reveals itself, slowly. Step by step, in small touches, it evokes stories of distant cities, of markets with a thousand secrets, of joyful celebrations in villages with hot stones, of women with voluptuous curves.
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France Bordeaux
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Cabernet Franc
Petit Verdot 5 - 30 years
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12.7% Vol.
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97 100Yves Beck64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot Cos 2021 se révèle en chuchotant, en se manifestant de manière pondérée mais plurielle ! Il fait d’une pierre deux coups en annonçant subtilité et profondeur. Le boisé fait office de transporteur aromatique. Même s’il est dominant, il ne barre pas la route à des éléments tels que graphite, baies noires et iris. En bouche le vin cumule le côté crémeux et la puissance. Les tannins sont veloutés tout en étant denses tandis que la structure acide agit en coulisse. Un Cos qui se profile lentement à l’image de ses tannins qui apparaissent vers le milieu de bouche et qui tirent l’ensemble gustatif avec eux, tout en créant une symbiose convaincante avec l’acidité. Il demande à s’épanouir, mais ce qu’il présente aujourd’hui est déjà très convaincant ! 2027-2057. Novembre 2023.
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96 100DecanterThis stands out for its structure, subtle power, balance and finesse. Perfumed and softly sweet on the nose, ripe and concentrated, glorious and inviting. Creamy and chalky at the same time, lovely texture and density with bright and concentrated strawberry and red cherry fruit. Crisp, sweet, salty and sour, a lovely combination of flavours and textures with great drive and an undercurrent of minerality and salty wet stone finish – real St-Estèphe signature. Drinking window: 2027 - 2048. Georgina Hindle. November 2023
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96 100Jean-Marc QuarinCouleur sombre et profonde. Nez intense, fin, très fruité et puissant. Ample à l'attaque, juteux en milieu de bouche et très plein pour l'année, le vin évolue puissant et profond sur des tannins enrobés, avec beaucoup de persistance dans la saveur. Assemblage : 64 % cabernet sauvignon, 30 % merlot, 4 % cabernet franc, 2 % petit verdot. Degré d'alcool : 12°74 - pH : 3,79. IPT : 77. Rendement : 35 hl/ha. Vendanges du 23 septembre au 7 octobre. Avril 2022.
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96 100Wine EnthusiastDense and seriously structured, this wine with its polished leather and cedar aromas is concentrated in tannins. The wine's structure dominates, partnering acidity and ripe texture. Drink from 2028. Roger Voss. January 2024.
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95 100James SucklingFloral aromas with violets, lavender and currants. Lead pencil, too. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins that caress and please. Elegant and sophisticated. Linear line of tannins running through this. Needs two or three years to soften. Hold for now. December 2023.
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93 100Robert Parker's Wine AdvocateThe 2021 Cos d'Estournel is one of the denser, more muscular wines of the vintage, wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries, cassis, charcoal, sweet cigar wrapper and subtle hints of smoked meats, framed by a touch of toasty new oak. Medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, it's rich and quite concentrated for the vintage, with a chassis of sweet, generously extracted tannin and a long, lusty finish. 93+/100. Drinking window: 2026 - 2045. William Kelley. February 2024.

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Dark red with purplish highlights.
Magnificent bouquet with aromas of black tea and black pepper, followed by intense notes of red fruit, blackberry and black fig.
It presents a beautiful balance, subtle mineral notes and a remarkable harmony. A wine of great nobility and striking length, a classic and particularly elegant interpretation of the terroir, undoubtedly destined for a long life.
The word "Cos" means, in old Gascon, "the hill of stones". The Cos hill stands on the banks of the Gironde, an impressive pile of gravel, deposited on the limestone base of Saint-Estèphe.
Vatting for 21 days at controlled temperature, aging for 18 months in oak barrels, 80% of which is new wood.
Cork
Wooden box