PAGODES DE COS
2014 du Château Cos d'Estournel Saint Estèphe
55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot. Quite a focussed nose of dark crisp fruit and a leafy tobacco edge. In the palate this is beautifully polished, a sophisticated feel, nicely perfumed, good spice and cinnamon dusting to the nicely ripened fruit in the middle. A lovely pretty shape has a savoury push of gently building grip on the finish. Succulent and leaves you wanting more. Rating: 90 L&S (Apr 2015)
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The 2014 Les Pagodes de Cos has a loose-knit bouquet, slightly richer in style than its peers with hints of fig infusing the black cherry and boysenberry fruit. I found this slightly “confit” in style. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin, good acidity and demonstrating better balance than the aromatics imply. I appreciate the weight in the mouth, the spicy, white pepper vein towards the finish...it just needs more finesse to develop. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Drinking range: 2019 - 2028 Rating: 90 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Mar 2018)
Bright healthy deep crimson. Very well balanced and charming – the fruit almost hides the inky tannins. Correct and slightly stony on the end but no great concentration. Drinking range: 2023 - 2033 Rating: 16.5 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Feb 2018)
The 2014 Les Pagodes de Cos is racy and voluptuous from the outset. Dark stone fruit, chocolate, menthol, licorice and dark spices run through this succulent, textured Saint-Estèphe. The interplay of dense flavors from the dehydration of fruit by warm days and anticyclonic winds resulted in an unusually opulent second wine, made in a flamboyant, exotic style that is found in some wines of the northern Médoc in 2014. Drinking range: 2019 - 2039 Rating: 92 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2017)
Les Pagodes represented 50% of the crop at Cos in 2014 and is one of the best second wines of the vintage. An example of St Estèphe at its best, it's dense and powerful yet stylish at the same time, with sweet fruit, minerality and polished tannins combining harmoniously on the palate. (One of Tim's Top 10 Second Wines.) Drinking range: 2022 - 2030 Rating: 93 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (May 2015)
The Les Pagodes de Cos 2014 is a blend of 43% Merlot, 55% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot, a selection from the vineyard according to age of vine and the soil. Matured in 50% new oak, it has a clean and precise bouquet, a veneer of blackberry and wild strawberry fruit intermixed with cedar and graphite, the latter becoming more pronounced with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with a silky smooth entry, well-judged acidity with veins of tobacco and allspice emerging toward the finish that gently fans out. There is already a pleasant freshness in situ that I hope will be retained by the time it is in bottle. Very fine. Drinking range: 2019 - 2030 Rating: 90-92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (May 2015)
Fine, floral fruit - has Pauillac elegance. Quite fleshy and well-structured with a real sense of place. Attractive yet serious. (Highly Recommended St-Estèphe, Decanter.) Drinking range: 2018 - 2028 Rating: 90+ Steven Spurrier (Apr 2015)
The 2014 Les Pagodes de Cos is supple and inviting. Black plums, chocolate, mocha, smoke and licorice are all expressive in this distinctly dark, ripe second wine from Cos d'Estournel. The 2014 is 55% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot, but it is the Merlot that feels quite ripe and seems to convey a feeling of heaviness at times. Stylistically, Pagodes is a lot more forward than Cos, while the impression of ripeness is also more accentuated. Overall, this is a pretty big second wine from the property. Rating: 89-91 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Apr 2015)
Dark crimson. Very sweet and charming. A mineral streak and some real freshness too. Not remotely meagre. Very forward and very ripe – St-Estèphe style. Gorgeous already. Drinking range: 2019 - 2032 Rating: 17+ Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2015)
Firm on the nose the start of the palate tight with a strong black cherry character, There is some sweet fruit in the middle but at the back the bramble freshness and firm tannins tend to hold back the fruit yet there is a sweetness on the finish. Drinking range: 2020 - 2030 Rating: 86-89 Derek Smedley MW, www.dereksmedleymw.co.uk (Apr 2015)
Another refined 2014 with super fine tannins, beautiful fruit and impressive balance. Medium body, bright acidity and a clean finish. Solid core of fruit. Second wine of Cos. Rating: 91-92 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Mar 2015)
Château Cos d'Estournel
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Ordering
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Delivery
- Shipment to our bond (LCB Creek Road) and insurance are included in the in bond price.
- Delivery is free to Lea and Sandeman / Elephant storage accounts, both duty paid and in bond.
- Other deliveries (In Bond and Duty Paid) are also free subject to a minimum order from the offer of £1000, orders below this total will be charged £16.50+ VAT when the wine invoices are issued. We will group deliveries and this is a charge for your entire purchases, not a per-case charge.
- Delivery for 2016 Bordeaux primeurs will probably be completed by October 2019, but we make no guarantee as to specific delivery times, and some of the Sauternes may be later.
Practical notes - how it works
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Half-bottles, Magnums and larger bottles.
One of the additional advantages of buying en primeur is being able to order the wine in the bottle size you want. Even if a wine is only listed in one size, you can order any bottle or case size you want if the property supplies it, but you must order the case/bottle size you require and check that the correct size has been invoiced.
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