Château Cos d'Estournel, 2eme Cru Classé, St Estèphe
    Château Cos d'Estournel

    Château Cos d'Estournel, 2eme Cru Classé, St Estèphe, 2009

    94/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    91/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2009

      12x75cl

      DP

      £2,782.25

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    This has become the controversial wine of this vintage, already likened to Pavie 2003. Don't let this put you off, this is an astonishing wine. Yes it is enormous, alcoholic, modern and unlike any Cos before it. Big, yes, but very beautiful, impressive and extremely decadent. There are notes of super ripe cassis, gravelly minerality, cut flowers and blackcurrant fruit pastels; a veritable kaleidoscope of brooding aromas intertwined with high toned berries and floral hints. Wave after wave of ripe fruit cascades over the palate. Dark chocolate covered cherries, velvety fruit; plush almost debauched in its richness and concentration. Layer after layer of delicious, luxurious fruit, but this has structure too. The tannins are like velvet edged granite; solid, well textured and honed. A really impressive polished Cos. 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc.

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    Critic Reviews

    94/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    A wine that caused plenty of arguments among critics and wine lovers at the time, and 15 years on it remains full on and pumped up. Silky texture, smoked caramel, intense cracked pepper, cloves, incense, olive peel, blackberry and damson fruits, impactful but a little too much even now. The terroir character is just starting to assert itself, and this is a one point upscore since I tasted it at the ten years on point. 100% new oak.
    drinking window 2025 - 2045
    date of review 10/2024
    91/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2009 Cos d’Estournel is exactly as I predict on the nose, almost overwhelming with over-ripe black plum, raisin, fig and black olive, smudged and lacking the precision and tension of the 2009 Montrose. The palate is sweet and cloying on the entry, hedonistic and voluminous, yet unequivocally bereft of tension and sense of terroir on the finish. Frankly, it is ageing exactly as I predicted when I first tasted it from barrel. Not my style yet still enjoyable. Tasted at BI Wines & Spirits' Ten Year On tasting.
    drinking window 2022 - 2040
    date of review 03/2019

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Estèphe
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

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