PAGODES DE COS
2009 du Château Cos d'Estournel Saint Estèphe
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Saint Estèphe |
| ABV | 14.5% |
Big, oaky Merlot-dominated nose. Seems slightly unbalanced, lacking substance, and seeming over-oaked. This may be me on the day, coming straight from the Cabernet purity of Calon, but I did not really get on with this. Missing juice and drive, and finishing on less than sexy tannins. Rating: ? L&S (Apr 2010)
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We offer free nationwide delivery on all orders over £150 (excluding Highlands & Islands). Express Delivery options also available.Like the grand vin at Cos, this is a HUGE wine. Some may feel that it would be more at home in the Napa Valley than the Médoc, but there’s no denying its power, concentration and depth. Big, ripe, butch and super-charged it may be, but the fruit is of high quality and the tannins are polished and very fine. Lots of oak, lots of flavour, but a controversial style. 15+ years. Rating: 93 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (May 2010)
The 2009 Les Pagodes de Cos is also a remarkable offering. Composed of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot, it tips the scales at 14.5% alcohol, and is better than most Cos d’Estournel vintages produced in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. It is a full-bodied, opulently concentrated wine of amazing richness, density, and intensity. As with the grand vin, the harvest began on September 26 and finished on October 10. This wine possesses this vintage’s classic characteristics of enormous power, massive fruit, and extraordinary freshness and precision - largely unprecedented, particularly for Cabernet-based wines in the Medoc. Rating: 91-94 Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, www.RobertParker.com (Apr 2010)
This is very deep and limpid in colour. The second wine of Cos d’Estournel has an intense nose of blackberry, smoke and tobacco, with a touch of Saint Estephe tertiary aromatics. A second sample is more lifted and glossier. The palate is full-bodied, a lot of extraction, pure blackberry, bilberry, spice and a touch of liquorices. Huge grip on the finish with just a hint of sweet dates. Rating: 87-89 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Apr 2010)
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