Community Tasting Note

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - Drank over three days. A beautiful wine, from exceptional terroir, in a difficult vintage. Restrained and austere, more bones than flesh, though still showing incredible precision, purity, and superb winemaking. Medium plus to high acid, medium powdery tannins, and at 13.5 abv, delightful balance. Likely a 20+ year wine, and priced at under $90, a great wine to experience the Chateau's lauded terroir. Time will serve this well and proper cellaring might reveal a 93 point wine. I found nothing overdone nor any port-like elements. 92-93.

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Comment posted by wineotim:

3/11/2017 5:37:00 PM - You've got to try the '12!
Comment posted by Motz:

3/19/2017 3:40:00 PM - The 2006 ranks among the top 50 best experiences I have enjoyed. Looking forward to the 2010.
Comment posted by wineotim:

3/19/2017 6:09:00 PM - The '06 reviews are all over the place, very interesting. I am tempted by the '10 but I wonder if two '12's would make more sense for me. The '10 is that expensive.
Comment posted by Motz:

3/19/2017 7:19:00 PM - WT: My perspective regarding supposed lesser Bordeaux vintages is that many CT reviewers tend to align their scoring with pro scores even more than in lauded vintages. I tasted the 2006 over three days in late October 2014 alongside several world class wines, several more highly regarded, and expensive, and it stood out. My notes for that tasting event are in CT.

Regarding 'lesser' Bordeaux vintages, I think that no great wine region suffers more from deflated pro scores based on vintage than Bordeaux. Burgundy might be regarded as such a region as well, however, bad Pinot Noir is truly awful, and a bad year in Burgundy is more likely to actually be bad given its location inland, further north, and wetter. I have found 2001, 2004, 2006, and above all 2008 Bordeaux to be spectacular, while 2009 the most consistently disappointing vintage due to phenolic ripeness issues, made worse by exorbitant pricing.

I found my 2010 Cos for well under $200 in 2015, when the Wine-Searcher Pro U.S. average price was $360 or so. Now it is down to $309. Also, the 2010 Les Pagodes de Cos was not as good as the same vintage La Dame de Montrose. The 2006 pricing has also come down.

As opposed to the 2001, 2004, 2006, and 2008 vintages, I have found each vintage since 2010 to be on par with 2002, or worse. I have bought very little 2011, 2012, or 2013, and do not intend to. Not sure about 2014 yet, but looking forward to the 2015 vintage with hope.