2006 Château Cos d'Estournel
Community Tasting Note
MicklethePickle Likes this wine:
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 - I popped and poured this tonight. Been thinking about it for awhile, as it is my only bottle. Dark garnet, mostly opaque, beginning to show a tiny bit of browning at the edge. Polite nose of red currant and iodine; faint but there, and attractive. Hopefully, a bit of air will rev it up. First sip is nice, fairly rich and even thick, a tad bitter but the fruit is makes up for it. I predict this will open quite a bit with air, so judgment reserved til tomorrow. For now, though, I will throw in some comments others have made about this wine that strike me as accurate at this moment: attractive ferrous bouquet; palate medium-bodied and quite fleshy for Saint-Estèphe, the Merlot in quite expressive; texture has a satisfying graininess and spiciness returns towards the rather conservative, steadfast finish; solid Cos d’Estournel, not one from the very top drawer; autumnal decay aroma to it, and earthy notes that give complexity; tarry nose; marked concentration; dry; slightly dry, brickish finish; iron; masculine and broad-shouldered soil-driven flavors of dark fruits; dark berry character that reminded me of Lafite; black fruit and muddy earth leans towards the darker fruit side, with cassis and blackberry; mineral element of graphite, and some earth; some weight and density on the palate.
Next night: Still much the same profile. Nose has come together nicely, more floral and pretty, perhaps. Palate has nice sweetness on entry, but turns bitter and oaky in the finish. Will further time cure that? Who knows? Regardless, plenty to like here. 5-14-16-8: 93/100.
Three days in, this has really hit a peak. The lovely bouquet remains, but the bitterness in the finish largely does not. Bumping this up a notch: 5-14-17-8: 94/100.
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