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Red
1985 Château Cos d'Estournel
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Estèphe
Label borrowed from 1986
Label borrowed from 1986
Label borrowed from 1986
Label borrowed from 1986
Label borrowed from 1986
Community Tasting Notes 307
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djhammond Likes this wine: 95 points
April 7, 2024 - The last of 3 bottles, and it was the best of the lot. Fully mature with secondary and tertiary characteristics, the wine only needs 30 minutes in the decanter, to blow off any funk. Aromas of cherry and tobacco, are prominent on the nose, with hints of menthol. The tannin is fully integrated and the palate is silky smooth, with the finish the only barrier to a higher rating. It is a a little unbalanced and on the shorter side. I am starting to warm towards left bank Bordeaux's, which are consistently approachable and a relatively decent price
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Philip_Bundpropperne Likes this wine: 93 points
January 26, 2024 - Rating: 4,3/5,0.
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Roland67 Likes this wine: 95 points
December 31, 2023 - Given the age, this was surprisingly fresh and fully alive. Stand A in the bottle, but cork 85-90% soaked, so maybe good that it was opened today. In the nose a lot of forest soil notes, forest moss, and pine. On the pale a soft texture and surprisingly fresh minerality. Very, very enjoyable. It stayed alive in the glass for hours throughout the evening. Enjoyed along with a 1999 Cheval Blanc and yet both where great wines, the Estournel took the price. P95+
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klatner@stillcloud.ch wrote:
December 23, 2023 - Yes 👍🏻
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Snowey Likes this wine:
November 18, 2023 - Josh (who we met at burgundy fest) brought this over to the wine industry dinner. I felt like this developed the mevushal pruniness flavors more than the light weight complex acid flavors Bordeaux sometimes develops into.
Very interesting wine that was enjoyable and everyone else loved it.
Privilege to have had a 38 year old wine!
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By Neal Martin
Fairest of Them All: Cos d’Estournel 1928 – 2015 (Oct 2018), 10/1/2018 (link)(Cos D'estournel Cos D'estournel Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
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By Richard Jennings
4/6/2013 (link) 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
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By Richard Jennings
6/24/2010 (link) 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)
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By Richard Jennings
8/7/2009 (link) 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
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By Richard Jennings
10/7/2008 (link) 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
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By Richard Jennings
7/25/2008 (link) 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.
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By Richard Jennings
1/13/2008 (link) 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
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By Richard Jennings
10/20/2007 (link) 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.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1985
- Type Red
- Producer Château Cos d'Estournel
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Estèphe
- UPC Codes 000001979701, 086454010123, 087000353176, 3339018511015
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 48 (1%)
- In Cellars 2,911 (56%)
- Consumed 2,213 (43%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
enjoyed with a T bone and sauteed mushroom, steak, sugar snap peas, With Sandy & Les at AIXWho Likes This Wine
98% Like It 62 votes
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- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Estèphe
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