1985 Château Cos d'Estournel

• By Neal Martin
  Fairest of Them All: Cos d’Estournel 1928 – 2015 (Oct 2018), 10/1/2018, (See more on Vinous...)

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• By John Gilman
  Sep/Oct 2014, Issue #53, 1985 Claret The Finest Bordeaux Vintage of the 1980s

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• By Richard Jennings
  4/6/2013, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points

  (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

• By Richard Jennings
  6/24/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 88 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)

• By Richard Jennings
  8/7/2009, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 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

• By Richard Jennings
  10/7/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points

  (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

• By Richard Jennings
  7/25/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

  (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.

• By Richard Jennings
  1/13/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 91 points

  (Château Cos d'Estournel) Bricking dark garnet red color; mature mushroom and shitake mushroom nose; tasty, black fruit, tangy, mint palate; medium-plus finish

• By Richard Jennings
  10/20/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points

  (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.