CHÂTEAU COS D'ESTOURNEL
2023 2ème Cru Classé Saint Estèphe
| Grapes | Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Saint Estèphe |
| Classification | 2ème Cru Classé |
| ABV | 12.9% |
Step into Cos d'Estournel, with its richness, depths and layers of cocoa bean, liquorice, espresso, chocolate, exceptional chewiness on the tannins, making things fairly serious at this early stage, with a promise of slow-revealed pleasure over the decades ahead. First time doing green harvest in the vineyards since 2008, causing some worries over the late heat waves on already ripening grapes, but they have retained balanced alchols here, and there is plenty of juice to lift things up on the finish. Harvest September 12 to 29 (last year finished September 22). 50% new oak for ageing, 53% 1st wine. In organic conversion (that began in 2021, but have had to extend after addition of a few more plots to the vineyard). Drinking range: 2032 - 2050 Rating: 97 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (May 2024)
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The 2023 Cos d’Estournel is fabulous. Dark, resonant and inviting, the 2023 has so much to offer. All the elements are beautifully woven together. Black cherry, plum, licorice, espresso, mocha and incense fill out the layers. Readers will find a Cos endowed with tremendous substance and intensity. I can't remember a young Cos with this much fruit concentration, yet there is nothing overdone here. I loved it. Drinking range: 2033 - 2063 Rating: 96-98 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (May 2024)
The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, and the grand vin takes 53% of the crop. The picking began September 12th, a few days later than some on the northern Médoc, finishing on the 29th. Beautiful aromatics here, with scents of dark fruit, griottes, dark chocolate and powdered minerals. The fruit profile on the palate feels even darker, all currants, blackberries and chocolate again, with a supple and sinewy presence of texture, holding up very nicely in the midpalate, supported by integrated, ripe and tightly knit powdery tannins. This shows great promise, framed within the delineated substance and fruit of the vintage, the acidity fresh but far from domineering. And the powdery structure is divine, coating the finish but never drying or puckering. A very fine Cos this year. The alcohol is 12.91% on analysis. Rating: 95-97 Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com (Apr 2024)
A contemporary classic in the making, the 2023 Cos d'Estournel has turned out beautifully, reflecting a lighter touch with extraction that has delivered more sensuality and harmony without the loss of any of the estate's signature power and authority. Wafting from the glass with deep aromas of cassis, wild berries, orange zest and exotic spices, framed by well-integrated new wood, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a concentrated core of fruit, beautifully suave tannins and a cool, seamless profile. It's a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot that attained 12.9% alcohol and is being matured in 50% new oak. Rating: 95-96 William Kelley, The Wine Advocate (Apr 2024)
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