Les Pagodes de Cos, St Estèphe
    Château Cos d'Estournel

    Les Pagodes de Cos, St Estèphe, 2009

    91/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2009

      12x75cl

      DP

      £766.25

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Pagodes has become one of our favourite second wines. The estate takes real pride in their Pagodes and year after year we find a really classic, beautifully constructed second wine. 2009 is no exception; Pagodes offers aromas of cigar smoke, tobacco, cedar wood and ripe cassis. The palate is packed with layers of sweet cool berry fruit. There is a wonderful mineral edge to this, which complements the vibrant fruit core. One is left with great freshness and persistence of flavours. Delicious. Interestingly this has the same alcohol has the Grand Vin, 14.5%, but no-one seems to be criticising the Pagodes; 69% Cabernet, 30% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot.

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    Critic Reviews

    91/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2009 Les Pagodes de Cos takes a few swirls of the glass to unfurl, perhaps never quite clicking into fifth gear. Tobacco-stained black fruit, briary and woodland scents eventually emerge; with decanting I suspect this would transmute into an attractive bouquet. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannin, quite symmetrical and extremely well balanced. It is not the most powerful or complex northern Médoc and yet there is surfeit elegant and poise. Enjoy this now and over the next decade. Perversely, I prefer this to the Grand Vin! Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting.
    drinking window 2022 - 2035
    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:
    14.5%

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