chateau cos destournel blanc 2eme cru classe st estephe

Château Cos d'Estournel, Blanc, 2ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe, 2022

Name: Château Cos d'Estournel, Blanc, 2ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe
Brand: Château Cos d'Estournel
Price: 740 GBP

95/100

Inside Bordeaux

93/100

The Wine Independent

92/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
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£740.00

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Cos d'Estournel Blanc has a delineated and focused bouquet with limestone, Granny Smith, grapefruit and beeswax touches. The palate is well balanced with a keen line of acidity, though it is the texture that is most appealing. Again, it is a little waxy but with endearing harmony and a subtle spicy residue on the aftertaste. There are no fireworks—it's just a fine, dry white Bordeaux.

drinking window 2024 - 2042

date of review 02/2025

93/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

A blend of 74% Sauvignon Blanc and 26% Semillon, the 2022 Cos d'Estournel Blanc powers out of the glass with intense notes of pink grapefruit, green guava, passionfruit, and lime blossoms, followed by hints of sea spray and wet pebbles. The medium-bodied palate shimmers with tropical fruit and minerally flavors, supported by bright acidity and finishing very long and zesty. pH 3.21.

drinking window 2026 - 2035

date of review 05/2023

95/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Grippy acidity keeps up momentum and contrasts beautifully with the ripe fleshy stone fruit through the mid palate. Waves of white pear, citrus, peach, nectarine pit, great quality here, Great stuff, more closed right now that Pagodes as you would expect, but this is steely, flinty and moreish.

drinking window 2023 - 2033

date of review 05/2023

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Bordeaux Blanc

Producer:

Château Cos d'Estournel

style:

White Wine

Grape Variety:

Sauvignon Blanc Semillon

abv:

13%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.