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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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!
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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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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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Bordeaux tasting 1948-2005. Pale and almost brown in colour. Past peak. Barn, mushroom and old wood boat on the nose. Lost most of its power and fruit, but still drinkable and interesting. You can feel the once great wine.
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Dinner at Red Star (Red Star Restaurant): Tired, but still quite charming. The nose was really nice, raising my expectations somewhat. Here, sweet scents of dried cherries and slightly liquered berries mingled with tea leaves and herbs and a whiff of funky sous bois. With time, that layer of funk actually lifted slightly, and notes of chocolate, cedar and tobacco started to drift out amongst the sweet fruit. That was really quite a bouquet. Unfortunately, the palate was flagging. It was still fresh, still alive, but had clearly seen better days. Fine, powdery tannins and clean, juicy acidity kept pleasant flavours of dried berries, cassis still beating at the heart of the wine, but the finish with its funky notes of dried earth, herbs and savoury umami tones ended a little short. A pity. I found this very charming and still really pleasurable in a matured Bordeaux way, but it should have been drank a decade or so ago.
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Medium ruby-garnet color, looking quite youthful at the rim. This still has an appealing profile of red fruits, salami, black olive, and a touch of stable. Short finish. Unfortunately, it's lost its depth, allowing some alcohol fumes to peek through on the nose and the tart acidity to dominate on the palate. I would have loved to taste this 15 years ago. Base neck, saturated cork. Not scored.
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Bobby's Birthday Bash (28-50): Sweet-fruited, mineraly. No great star but showing well. A freshness and a vivacity to it.. Holds well across the evening. ***1/2
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Drank for my wife and her twin brother's birthday (vintage year). It was a simple, straightforward and beautiful Bordeaux. Although, it was so light and delicate that I would have guess pinot if I hadn't been the one to open the bottle. Mild bricking, a little zip left and fully-realized secondaries. This is likely on the downhill leg, but was still fun to drink.
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Had a bottle from my birth-year for my birthday at Rovers. Exceeded my expecations- a little musty on the nose, but nice taste, classic Bordeaux charater, still holding up nicely although fully mature. Long finish.
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The quality of this bottle was impressive. Fill was within 1 cm from the cork, with this bottle coming from the Chateau in late 2003. The Cos comes right out of the bottle with a full nose of dry, crushed fall leaves with a hint of earth. This is not an overpowering wine, medium weight in the mouth, but still exhibiting whiffs of dark fruit. I did get a bit of a steelyness about this wine. Color was brick if not brown. A lingering sweet finish, medium in length. This is a very nice bottle of wine, not a blockbuster by any measure, but simply enjoyable.
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MI Wine Club does Cos d'Estournel (Seattle, WA, USA): I transposed this with the 1975 in my vintage guess, as this showed more impressive structure. Very brick in color with a watery rim. The nose show mint, iron and cedar. The palate initially has a saline quality, but more sweetness emerged with some air. The finish shows mouthwatering acidity. This was my 2nd favorite of the night (to the 2000) from an excellent bottle with an extremely sound cork.
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2/5/2023 - Therdin Likes this wine: 90 Points
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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2/14/2021 - ilee Likes this wine: 89 Points
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!
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6/16/2018 - Collector1855 wrote: 91 Points
During a walkabout tasting, only brief impressions. Aromas of dark fruit, earthy, the palate is rather lean though.
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6/9/2016 - rossi.wine wrote: 88 Points
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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8/22/2015 - wenwine Likes this wine: 90 Points
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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4/6/2015 - Markus IWC wrote: 83 Points
Bordeaux tasting 1948-2005. Pale and almost brown in colour. Past peak. Barn, mushroom and old wood boat on the nose. Lost most of its power and fruit, but still drinkable and interesting. You can feel the once great wine.
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2/25/2015 - Paul S wrote: 90 Points
Dinner at Red Star (Red Star Restaurant): Tired, but still quite charming. The nose was really nice, raising my expectations somewhat. Here, sweet scents of dried cherries and slightly liquered berries mingled with tea leaves and herbs and a whiff of funky sous bois. With time, that layer of funk actually lifted slightly, and notes of chocolate, cedar and tobacco started to drift out amongst the sweet fruit. That was really quite a bouquet. Unfortunately, the palate was flagging. It was still fresh, still alive, but had clearly seen better days. Fine, powdery tannins and clean, juicy acidity kept pleasant flavours of dried berries, cassis still beating at the heart of the wine, but the finish with its funky notes of dried earth, herbs and savoury umami tones ended a little short. A pity. I found this very charming and still really pleasurable in a matured Bordeaux way, but it should have been drank a decade or so ago.
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6/22/2014 - petitblanc wrote:
Medium ruby-garnet color, looking quite youthful at the rim. This still has an appealing profile of red fruits, salami, black olive, and a touch of stable. Short finish. Unfortunately, it's lost its depth, allowing some alcohol fumes to peek through on the nose and the tart acidity to dominate on the palate. I would have loved to taste this 15 years ago. Base neck, saturated cork. Not scored.
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4/14/2012 - CarTer wrote: 92 Points
- Ruby color with medium forming legs. It's lacking fruit and has flavours of sherry and smokey.
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7/21/2011 - SimonG wrote:
Bobby's Birthday Bash (28-50): Sweet-fruited, mineraly. No great star but showing well. A freshness and a vivacity to it..
Holds well across the evening. ***1/2
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2/23/2011 - AlexHop wrote: 89 Points
Showing its age, but not at all bad. Very light. Still really enjoyable with classic old bordeaux character.
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1/9/2011 - RationalDenial wrote:
Drank for my wife and her twin brother's birthday (vintage year). It was a simple, straightforward and beautiful Bordeaux. Although, it was so light and delicate that I would have guess pinot if I hadn't been the one to open the bottle. Mild bricking, a little zip left and fully-realized secondaries. This is likely on the downhill leg, but was still fun to drink.
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2/22/2005 - AlexHop wrote: 92 Points
Had a bottle from my birth-year for my birthday at Rovers. Exceeded my expecations- a little musty on the nose, but nice taste, classic Bordeaux charater, still holding up nicely although fully mature. Long finish.
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10/5/2004 - mjj1066 wrote:
At Postrio w/ CMM. Smooth and refined with soft tannic structure. Not a lot of fruit left but still quite pleasant.
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10/2/2004 - Mark wrote: 89 Points
The quality of this bottle was impressive. Fill was within 1 cm from the cork, with this bottle coming from the Chateau in late 2003. The Cos comes right out of the bottle with a full nose of dry, crushed fall leaves with a hint of earth. This is not an overpowering wine, medium weight in the mouth, but still exhibiting whiffs of dark fruit. I did get a bit of a steelyness about this wine. Color was brick if not brown. A lingering sweet finish, medium in length. This is a very nice bottle of wine, not a blockbuster by any measure, but simply enjoyable.
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6/22/2004 - Eric wrote: 91 Points
MI Wine Club does Cos d'Estournel (Seattle, WA, USA): I transposed this with the 1975 in my vintage guess, as this showed more impressive structure. Very brick in color with a watery rim. The nose show mint, iron and cedar. The palate initially has a saline quality, but more sweetness emerged with some air. The finish shows mouthwatering acidity. This was my 2nd favorite of the night (to the 2000) from an excellent bottle with an extremely sound cork.
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