Chateau Cos d'Estournel2010
RED WINE
- Producer Chateau Cos d'Estournel
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Blend
2% Cabernet Franc
78% Cabernet Sauvignon
19% Merlot
1% Petit Verdot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Saint-Estephe
- UPC 0 15643 56910 4
Reviews
James Suckling 98
There's clarity and beauty to this wine as always with pure dark berry, stones and spices. Some clove too. Full body, firm and silky tannins and a long finish. Pure and precise wine with so much class.
by JS, James Suckling , 2016
Wine Enthusiast 95
This is a complex and rich wine dominated by superripe fruit. It is a wine of extremes, of fruit, of dark tannins allied to some bitterness from the black chocolate extra. Ripe plums and sweet black fruits are given a lift at the end with bright acidity.
by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2013
Wine Spectator 95
An extremely well-sculpted, modern wine, with an enormous core of plum sauce, blackberry coulis and cassis fruit to match the ambitious roasted apple wood-, black tea- and tobacco-infused toast. Dense and chewy now, displaying the tannic spine of the vintage, this remains integrated, racy and incredibly long, offering a piercing chalky backbone that rivets everything together. Best from 2018 through 2038.
by JM, Wine Spectator , 2013
Wine Advocate 99
Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Cos d'Estournel unfurls slowly, measuredly, releasing delicate notes of dried mulberries, stewed plums and blackcurrant pastilles before giving way to notions of potpourri, black cherry compote and chocolate box plus touches of dried sage, tobacco and new leather. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a rock-solid foundation of very firm, grainy tannins and very lively acidity supporting the remarkable intensity of tightly wound fruit layers, finishing very long and fragrant. Give it another 4-5 years in bottle and this will be stunning!
by LPB, Wine Advocate , 2020
Technical Details
Estate
Like a novelist who maintains the same style in different novels, a Grand Cru wine can express a certain style in different years.Cos d'Estournel has become, in the eyes of lovers of fine wines, the archetype of a certain style of masculine elegance in which immense power is combined with grace and smoothness.
Impressive when young for the intensity of its structure and explosive fruit, Cos d'Estournel evolves slowly to arrive, when completely mature