PAGODES DE COS
2016 du Château Cos d'Estournel Saint Estèphe
Grapes | Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot |
Colour | Red |
Origin | France, Bordeaux |
Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
Village | Saint Estèphe |
ABV | 14% |
50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 46.5% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, 0.5% Cabernet Franc. Tasted at the château. The old Merlots on gravel went into the Pagodes this year. Full of juice and life. The extra Merlot seems to give it good weight and extract, even if not the opulence of some years. It is silky and seductive with good precision and notable length. Fresh and salivating, might be a little firm. Drinking range: 2025 - 2030 Rating: 90-91 L&S (Apr 2017)
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The 2016 Les Pagodes de Cos has a wonderful bouquet of vibrant, expressive red berry fruit, strawberry and raspberry, conveying a tangible sense of mineralité and tension; the new oak is very well integrated here. The balanced palate offers fine-boned tannins and very well judged acidity. Utterly harmonious, with a caressing and beautifully poised finish. This is a top-class Saint-Estèphe that will age with panache. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting. Drinking range: 2021 - 2035 Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Aug 2020)
The second wine of the estate is no slouch. The 2016 Pagodes de Cos has some grand vin character in its cassis and graphite aromas and flavors. Showing more incense, graphite, and hints of flowers with air time, this medium to full-bodied, rounded, beautifully textured effort is well worth a case purchase. Drink this beauty, the equal to most estates’ top wines, while you wait on the grand vin to come around. Drinking range: 2019 - 2039 Rating: 93 Jeb Dunnuck, www.jebdunnuck.com (Feb 2019)
The 2016 Les Pagodes de Cos is super-expressive today. Pliant and inviting, yet also medium in body, the 2016 has much to recommend it. Grilled herb, tobacco, menthol, chocolate, licorice and black cherry are all seamless in this silky, open-knit second wine from Cos d'Estournel. The 2016 is incredibly harmonious, even in the early going. Drinking range: 2021 - 2036 Rating: 91 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Jan 2019)
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