1988 Château Cos d'Estournel
Community Tasting Note
canan wrote:
91 Points
Saturday, June 30, 2018 - 4x4 - Mini Tastings: Dusty and fragile with some fruit left but also some bitter chocolate.
Harsh tannins and not very pleasurable on its own.
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Comment posted by PSPatrick:
8/31/2018 5:31:00 AM - Hi CANAN, thanks for your note. Interestingly, I had a bottle only a few days ago which was marvelous. The black currant and cherry notes where still fresh and joined by classic cedar and tobacco aromas and flavours. The tannin was fine and mostly resolved, and the wine was balanced and harmonious. Admittedly, the bottle was stored under ideal conditions since release, but I am sure there are more lovely bottles out there. I am sorry that yours did not show quite as well. Cheers!
Comment posted by canan:
8/31/2018 5:36:00 AM - Agreed.. I was also surprised that the bottle didn't show better but it can be quite random sometimes with older Bdx bottles on the second-hand market. Hope to try a better version one day :-)
Comment posted by PSPatrick:
8/31/2018 5:51:00 AM - I agree... and it looks like you have been more lucky with the 1982. I still have two bottles of the 1988 and consider opening another bottle soon since the last bottle showed so well and I haven't been able to spent enough time with it. Let me know if you ever make it for the Frankfurt area, maybe we'll get to pop the last bottle together. ;)