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1999 Cos d'Estournel

Cos d'Estournel

88Average Score

Bordeaux / France

Red

The dark ruby-colored 1999 Cos is a supremely elegant effort. The wine offers notes of dried Provencal herbs, smoke, licorice, black cherries, and cassis. This medium to full-bodied St.-Estephe is cerebral, intellectual, and refined, but lacking soul and hedonism. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2018. Apr 2002, www.robertparker.com

Robert Parker Score: 88/100

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Scores + Notes

Average Score

Robert ParkerScore: 88/100

Tobacco and coffee aromas, with hints of fruit. Full- to medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a fruity finish. A bit short for Cos, but delicate and refined. Best after 2004. 23,330 cases made. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2002

Wine SpectatorScore: 87/100

About The Producer

The producer

Cos d'Estournel

Described by Robert Parker as a “rival to Montrose and even some of the nearby first growth Pauillacs”, Cos d’Estournel continues to produce some of the finest wine in the appellation of Saint-Estèphe. Although classified as a Second Growth in the Bordeaux Classification of 1855, Parker describes it as “a wine of first growth quality”, exemplified by consistently high scores and praise in recent vintages. The Château is well known for its architecture and impossible to miss as your drive through Saint-Estèphe. The exotic nature of the buildings at Cos, described by Jancis Robinson as “a façade of pure oriental folly”, were erected by the founder of the estate Louis Gaspard d’Estournel, to celebrate the remarkable success of his wine exports as far as India.

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

St Estephe

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

13.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window