2011 Cos Labory
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Tasting notes
A very dark curranty nose continuing on the palate which also features bitter dark chocolate with underlying sloe and damson. JUST manages to stay juicy (as opposed to dried) but only just.
Critic scores
Average Score
FINE+RARE
Neal Martin
More reviews and scores
The Cos-Labory has tended to be the whipping boy of Saint Estèphe in recent years, but I am pleased to say this has a better bouquet with clean black fruit and an almost Burgundian-like sense of minerality. The palate is medium-bodied with a grippy entry. It has good weight and ends rather dry on the finish. In the end, the palate does not quite meet the promise of the nose...but it is a start. Tasted April 2012. Neal Martin, eRobertParker.com
Black-hearted and inky. Unusual, rather floral nose with Asian spice. Fresh and supple and just a little malty on the palate but so much more lithe than most of the Pauillacs just tasted. Dry, powdery tannins but not drying. Actually relatively silky. Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
About the producer
Louis Gaspard d’Estournel purchased Cos Labory in 1847 and in tribute to this history, the Reybier family (owners of Cos d’Estournel today) acquired the Saint-Estèphe estate and its 35 hectares of vines in 2023.