Chateau Cos d’Estournel 2eme Cru 2017

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2: Cabernet Sauvignon 66%, Merlot 32%, Cabernet Franc 1%, Petit Verdot 1%

5: rød, tør; 13,0% Vol.; Modenhed til at drikke: 2025–2045; Pakket ind i: 6 OHK

9: voluminøs og kraftfuld; rig på tanniner

3: Parker: 98+/100; Suckling: 98/100; Wine Enthusiast: 95-97/100; Jeb Dunnuck: 94-96/100; Neal Martin: 94-96/100

6: Frankrig, Bordeaux, Sankt Estephe

7: Allergener: Sulfitter,

Tapperi / Importør: Cos d'Estournel, Chateau Cos d'Estournel, 33180 Saint-Estephe, FRANKREICH

Parker om: Chateau Cos d’Estournel 2eme Cru

Composed of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc, yields for the grand vin in 2017 were 43 hectoliters per hectare, and it was aged in 60% new oak. It came in at an alcohol of 13% and an IPT of 68. Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Cos d'Estournel needs a little coaxing to unfurl, revealing beautiful expressions of preserved plums, boysenberries, blackcurrant pastilles and wild blueberries with hints of Indian spices, menthol, lilacs and mossy tree bark plus a compelling suggestion of iron ore. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a solid backbone of firm, grainy tannins and well-knit freshness supporting the tightly wound blue and black fruits layers, finishing long and fragrant. This wine will need a good 5-7 years in bottle before it begins to blossom and should go on for at least another 40 years. I expect this wine to be a blockbuster of a head-turner when I come back and taste it at 10 years of age! 98+/100

Suckling om: Chateau Cos d’Estournel 2eme Cru

Quite the bottle here! Spices, such as nutmeg and cinnamon, as well as dried meat and plums with cedar and sandalwood. Full body. Deep and dense in the center palate and a long, long finish. Shows finesse and tightness. Very polished tannins. Long and ethereal. Try after 2023. 98/100

Wine Enthusiast om: Chateau Cos d’Estournel 2eme Cru

-- Wine Enthusiast: This impressive wine is serious, dense and richly endowed with great swathes of black plum. An excellent wine from this estate, ripe black fruits, layers of acidity and dark tannins are perfectly poised. This is a wine for long-term aging. 95-97/100

Jeb Dunnuck om: Chateau Cos d’Estournel 2eme Cru

-- Jeb Dunnuck: A wine that might surpass the 2014 and 2015, the 2017 Cos d'Estournel checks in as a blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot, harvested between the 12th and 30th of September, and brought up in 60% new French oak. While it’s not a huge wine, it has incredible purity and precision as well as terrific notes of crème de cassis, graphite, damp earth, and crushed rock. Possessing ultra-fine tannin, beautiful balance, and again, awesome purity of fruit, it’s going to benefit from short-term cellaring and cruise for two decades in the cellar. 94-96/100

Neal Martin om: Chateau Cos d’Estournel 2eme Cru

-- NM: The 2017 Cos d’Estournel is matured in 60% new oak and comprises 13% alcohol, approximately the same as the 2016. It has a more expressive and welcoming bouquet than usual, maybe more indicative of how this wine will mature in bottle, less opaque than the 2016. A common theme throughout the range from Cos d’Estournel is a Pauillac-inspired backbone/tannic structure coupled with an attractive scent wafting over from the estuary...think mudflats, oyster shells and the tang of sea spray. It gains a little intensity with aeration but never fully lets go. The palate is very well balanced with filigree tannin, rendering this one of the most approachable barrel samples from the estate in recent years. The coolness of the latter part of the season defines this Saint-Estèphe more than the precocity of June: streamlined, cool and linear with a velvety finish that feels sleek, to the point of being understated, though that belies its length and focus. This is simply a very classy wine in the making and typical of the more recent sophisticated style pursued by the property in recent years. 94-96/100

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Bruno Prats, den tidligere ejer af Cos d'Estournel, er en af avantgardisterne inden for moderne vinfremstillingsteknologi. Under hans søn Jean Guillaume arbejdede ejendommen, som blev solgt til en investor, sig frem til toppen af Bordeaux i 2012.

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