chateau cos destournel 2eme cru classe st estephe

Château Cos d'Estournel, 2eme Cru Classé, St Estèphe, 2010

Name: Château Cos d'Estournel, 2eme Cru Classé, St Estèphe
Brand: Château Cos d'Estournel
Price: 2326.25 GBP

98/100

Inside Bordeaux

99/100

The Wine Independent

97/100

Vinous

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2010
12x75cl
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£2,326.25

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Cos d'Estournel 2010 continues the modern theme, but this is not nearly as controversial as the magnificent 2009. A feature of the cool growing season has been the freshness and acidity in the 2010s. This is certainly apparent in the Cos. There is still huge extract and concentration, but the wine benefits from real lift in the form of fresh, balancing acidity. A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. On the nose there are notes of fine herbs, cool cassis, graphite, cut flowers, crème de mûre and sweet earth. Fabulously concentrated with massive extract, unctuous cassis and flashy ripe dark berry fruit. This is a show stopping Cos; dense yet slick and refreshing thanks to the low pH. A polished, seductive, multilayered Cos; more classic than the 2009 and equally good.

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Critic Reviews

97/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2010 Cos d'Estournel is cut from a different cloth to the previous vintage. This is much fresher on the nose and crucially displays more typicité, yet it delivers just as much punch as the 2009. Black fruit commingles with melted tar and smoke. A sprig of wild mint surfaces with continued aeration. The palate possesses immense gravitas and dimension, analogous to a magnificent suspension bridge. It is less ostentatious than the 2009, with firmer grip and greater control and sapidity on the finish. Whilst I can understand some might prefer the 2009, the 2010 Cos d'Estournel is just more...Cos d'Estournel, though be warned, it would still benefit from a couple more years in bottle. Magnificent.

drinking window 2027 - 2055

date of review 02/2025

98/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Stands head and shoulders above the 2009 at this point, here you get the creaminess and power of a great vintage, with tannins that head towards monster-territory, and yet there is real delicacy and hidden complexity here, gorgeous quality, brilliant stuff, exoistc, incense , cinnamon; 100% new oak.

drinking window 2025 - 2048

date of review 10/2024

99/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

The 2010 Cos d’Estournel is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet colored, it needs a lot of shaking and swirling to unlock notes of crème de cassis, blueberry pie, and Indian spices, leading to fragrant wafts of dusty soil, cigar box, and dried lavender. The palate gracefully grows into a rich, full-bodied behemoth, delivering a rock-solid structure of firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness to support the taut, muscular fruit, finishing long and minerally.

drinking window 2027 - 2057

date of review 03/2024

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Estèphe

Producer:

Château Cos d'Estournel

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

13%

allergen information

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