Product Description
The 1855 Classification ranked Cos d’Estournel as a second growth, and today it remains a coveted Bordeaux wine. The 2021 vintage boasts a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot, achieving optimal ripeness with a modest yield reduced to just 10%. This Grand vin is matured for 18 months in new oak barrels.
Tasting Notes
Robert Parker 94-95
The 2021 Cos d’Estournel is very promising, offering up rich aromas of dark berries, plums, exotic spices, loamy soil and rose petals, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless palate that’s impressively vibrant and concentrated, with powdery tannins, bright acids and a long, penetrating finish. Only 53% of the production made it into the grand vin, and the blend is 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Technical director Dominique Arangoits reports that Cos was spared by frost and coulure at flowering, harvesting between September 23 and October 4, and fermenting a touch hotter than has been the case in recent years, at around 28-29 degrees Celsius.
Producer Profile
Area under vines: 91 hectares
Soils: gravel and limestone
Average age of the vines: 35 years
Planting density: 8000 to 10 000 vines/ha
Ageing: in 80% new oak barrels for 18 months
Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 78%
- Merlot 19%
- Cabernet Franc 2%
- Petit verdot 1%
Second wine: Les Pagodes De Cos
- Merlot 58%
- Cabernet Sauvignon 40%
- Cabernet Franc 2%
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