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Red
1971 Château Cos d'Estournel
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Estèphe
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Community Tasting Notes 16
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Therdin Likes this wine: 90 points
February 5, 2023 - Drank for my parents 51st anniversary. Bottle was past prime but still good. Heavy smell of smoke, leather, mushroom. Started to turn 45 minutes after we opened. Drink fast
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ilee Likes this wine: 89 points
February 14, 2021 - PH brought this to our our home hotpot dinner. As I tried to insert the corkscrew, the cork plunged right into the bottle. Haha first time it's ever happened. Made a real mess as I poured the wine out.
I thought this might be an old dusty barnyard specimen, but was surprised to find it was a lively, fine example of mature bordeaux. The color is dark ruby, and the dark berry nose also has secondary notes of tar and tobacco. Good length in the finish too. You never know with these old bottles, sometimes you do get a nice wine in them! -
Collector1855 wrote: 91 points
June 16, 2018 - During a walkabout tasting, only brief impressions. Aromas of dark fruit, earthy, the palate is rather lean though.
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rossi.wine wrote: 88 points
June 9, 2016 - Not much to add to some of the previous reviews. Well evolved in colour. On the nose quite mushroomy, earthy with notes of dried fruit, sweet spices and undergrowth. On the palate mellow without showing much fruit. Still very much alive though - well integrated acidity and a soft, gentle finish. Drink up. 87-89
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wenwine Likes this wine: 90 points
August 22, 2015 - Though it is more than 40 years, the wine still shows energy. On nose, classic Cos d'Estournel flavours but in a mild form. On palate, all the masculinity of the wine is combined expressing it in a more subtle way. It is an enjoyable wine, like an understated powerful Cos d'Estournel.
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By Neal Martin
Vinous Table: The Harwood Arms, London, UK (Mar 2022), 3/1/2022 (link)(Cos D’estournel Cos D’estournel Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2020, Issue #89, Recently-Tasted Bordeaux And Revisiting the 1855 Left Bank Classification(Château Cos d’Estournel (St. Estèphe)) Subscribe to see review text.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1971
- Type Red
- Producer Château Cos d'Estournel
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Estèphe
- UPC Codes 086454010123, 087000353176, 400009765489
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 7 (4%)
- In Cellars 128 (66%)
- Consumed 58 (30%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
67% Like It 3 votes
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Estèphe
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