(Château Cos d'Estournel) Bricking dark red violet color; appealing, sweet tobacco, salty plum, dried currant nose; tasty, mature, dried currant, tart plum, tobacco, anise palate with firm, sweet tannins; has decades more to go; medium-plus finish 94+ points
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Group's #3 (my #2) – 31 pts.; 0, 2, 3, 0 - bricked dark red violet color; very mature, weedy, tobacco, roast coffee nose; mature, tart black fruit, charcoal, tangy, bell pepper palate; medium-plus finish (overly mature bottle; weakest showing ever of this wine for me, which I've had many times and usually score around 94 points)
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Bricking dark red violet color with pale meniscus; mature, truffle, black fruit and beef jus nose; tasty, beef jus, mature black fruit and truffle nose; medium-plus finish
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Dark red violet color; plush, plum, black fruit nose with depth; tasty, tart black fruit, plum and mineral palate; long finish
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Group's #1 (my #3) – 12 pts; 4 1st place votes, zero 2nd place votes, 1 third, 0 last places – Bricking dark red violet color with pale meniscus; complex tobacco nose; dense palate of tobacco, tart cassis, tart plum and fig; long finish 93+ pts.
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Bricking dark garnet red color; mature mushroom and shitake mushroom nose; tasty, black fruit, tangy, mint palate; medium-plus finish
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Red violet color with clear meniscus; cassis and earthy nose; tasty, tart cassis and red fruit palate, open, with a deep vein of fruit; medium finish 94+ pts.
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By Neal Martin
(Cos D'estournel Cos D'estournel Red) Login and sign up and see review text.Fairest of Them All: Cos d’Estournel 1928 – 2015 (Oct 2018), 10/1/2018, (See more on Vinous...)