2024 Pagodes de Cos
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The 2024 Pagodes De Cos is also inky hued, with a firmer, more foursquare style. Darker currants, cassis, graphite, and earthy, chalky minerality all define the aromatics, and it's medium-bodied, with solid concentration and building, firmer tannins. It's good, but it's clearly a second wine in 2024. The blend is 50% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot, resting in 20% new barrels and hitting 12.71% alcohol with a pH of 3.52 and an IPT of 65.
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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The 2024 Les Pagodes de Cos wafts from the glass with aromas of dark berries, licorice and nicely integrated oak. Medium to full-bodied, polished and suave, it's impressively rich and layered for the vintage, with beautifully integrated tannins and acidity.
Grilled and smoked aromatics on the opening, this has skilful construction, no question that the austerity is more marked than in recent years of this beautiful wine, but they have teased out cassis bud and rose petals, touch of mint leaf and bitter chocolate. Harvest September 23 to October 7, 54% of overall production. New label and bottle for this vintage to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pagodes. 29hl/h yield.
The 2024 Les Pagodes de Cos is terrific. Medium in body and vibrant, the 2024 is impeccable. Blackberry, spice, leather, menthol and chocolate open gradually. A wine of balance and harmony, the 2024 is super-elegant. I find the less bombastic style here vis-a-vis the past quite interesting.
About the producer
Louis Gaspard d’Estournel inherited Cos and Pomys in 1791, founding Cos d’Estournel in 1811, investing significantly in the property and expanding the estate from 14 to 45 hectares. The estate rapidly rose to prominence and the wines were exported around the world.