Beautiful nose of ripe black currant fruits, very young and dark colour! The palate is tight and waves and waves of slightly sweet spicy black fruits, a lengthy finish! Not fully mature yet! An hour of decanting may help. This is a rather serious wine!
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Emirates flight. Excellent showing and significantly better than how I remember my last bottle 4 years ago. Tell tale left bank Bdx with good weight and depth. Has lost the baby fat and sweetness of earlier years and comes across pretty serious now but with nicely integrated tannins and good length. Excellent for 2006
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Decanted over three hours. Delicious wine with nose of cedar, red fruit, red bell peppers and leather. Evolved as the night wore on. Quality Bdx tannic structure. This is in a place where it should be - drink.
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Viel besser als die letzte Flasche, liegt wohl am längeren Dekantieren: Mindestens drei bis vier Stunden. Danach sehr rund, ausgewogen und ausbalanciert.Auch das leicht Marmeladige der letzten Flasche war weg.
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While certainly drinkable earlier, this wine still needs 6 hours in the decanter to become the best version of itself. It then softens and loses its bitter taste. And, even then, I think that 2-3 more years in the cellar would help considerably. Dark cherries, cassis, cherry pits, cocoa powder. Long finish with fine tannins. So, next bottle on its 20th birthday. Surprisingly, I think that the 2005 is closer to prime drinking than the 2006. It's still hard for me to justify anything higher than 92.
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Aromas of concentrated dark fruits, with coffee and herbs, but not the most expressive nose for now. The attack is crisp and bright, with spicy blackcurrant and plums, then there is great depth midpalate, where the blackberry comes to the fore. The finish is a little clipped for now and dominated by the tannins which although silky, are very much still in place.
Very tight at first, it needed six hours in a decanter to open up, and even then it was still quite narrow. Certainly enjoyable, but I think it will be a lot better in another five years. I'm not sure it will ever be an outstanding wine though.
Much as I did enjoy it, there are other 2006s I've enjoyed a lot more - and which cost a lot less. The current price is around 130 euros, which strikes me as being rather a lot.
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Firm, crisp, classic-styled vintage of COS. There is a wealth of concentrated, deep, dark, red, and black fruits, spice, smoke, espresso, and thyme All of that is backed up by an equal wall of tannin and freshness. This is going to age for decades. Drink from 2023-2050.
Popped & decanted, cork was about 1/2 red but no seepage out of the bottle. Plenty of sediment in the bottle and on the filter, maybe stand this one up for the full 24 hours to let that really settle. Unfortunately I only let this breathe for about an hour before I started in which did not do this wine justice; 3+ hours would be my recommendation, or some serous "audozing" with the cork out, and even then might need more time.
Once it started to open up, notes of soft red fruits on the nose- red currants, pomegranates, and fresh cut red apples with some leafy green and earthy tobacco undertones. Was drinking well, still had nice acidity and strong but not overly astringent tannins that contribute to a long finish. I fear some of the more complex elements of the nose and palate were hidden by the short decant time.
Will wait a few more years on my second bottle with a more extended decant for sure. Overall evaluation A- (90).
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Opened three hours in advance of dinner, recorked and taken to our club along with a 2013 Insignia and a 2013 Backus. I found when I tasted it at three hours the nose was still muted. The palate was berries, plums and tobacco . The finish at first was moderate and kind of flat. At the end of evening after being opened for 6 and a half hours the finish was deep and brooding and extremely enjoyable. At the beginning of the evening I would give it a 90 but it ends at a 93. It definitely develops over the course of the dinner. My suggestion and what I intend to di is the next bottle I drink I will open and decant lunchtime to drink at dinner.
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Decanted for 2 hours Shy at first Tobacco Coffee and oak comes up Then the fruit cassis black berrys ceder and doft stable violet Good tannins Matched the file Long life ahead Best in 5 years will last 10-15 Peck
Not a fan of this vintage. No profile or character, a dark, plummy, brooding and overpowering wine with no profile or nuance even after 4 hours of decant and aeration. Cos remains one of my favorite Bordeaux chateaus, but this was a big miss.
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A second encounter with this wine, this time blind, confirms the impressions of the first - plummy, clumsy, big and tannic, slightly hot. Not a lot of raciness.
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Deep ruby in the glass with garnet hues. The nose is developing, showing a complex combo of fresh fruit (plum, blackberry, blackcurrant) and dried fruit (fig, cranberry), pencil shavings, cedar, charred wood, sweet cigar. Medium (+) body with resolved, but firm tannins, medium acidity and alcohol. Smooth operator, thoroughly enjoyable.
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Lovely and quite bouncy fruit on opening, after an hour firmed up and became more classic Bordeaux serious. No risk of this fading in the near future, it’s enjoyable but the firmness detracts from the overall experience at this stage of development - with this bottle anyway.
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Drank along side the 2004 and this was much riper. Dark fruits (cassis, blackberry), leather, tobacco, and graphite. Continued to open over the course of the day. Will be curious if this improves or if the vintage and weather keep this where it is today.
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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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Monstrous nose of dark fruit, cassis, cedar, graphite, and tobacco. Palate is complex and in a tertiary stage of black pepper, tobacco, black tea, and mint.
I didn't find this as tannic as others have. But I do agree that the length could use more--well--length. It's a tad short.
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Was not obvious on first note but as it developed so did the trace of TCA became more evident and robbed the wine of its beauty that we saw about a year ago and rated 92. Shame
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2006 Bordeaux Horizontal: The 2006 Cos comes off as rather clumsy with a nose dominated by black fruit and muddy earth, the details smudged. When this hits the palate, it manages to be simultaneously searingly tannic and devoid of serious length, in this way perhaps best conveying the message of a wet September and a late harvest. 2006 was a hard year.
Just starting to enter the drinking window, this leans towards the darker fruit side, with cassis and blackberry, a healthy mineral element of graphite, and some earthy, leather, smoky notes with a touch of mint. This has more than a nod towards Pauillac. There is some weight and density on the palate too, with the same dark fruit and mineral notes, but remains fresh and pleasant due to the well judge acidity, and it’s a very well balanced effort. Long finish with some gently gripping tannins that give this structure rather than being too intrusive. Very nice.
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Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium ruby colour, with fading rims and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity of black fruit of cassis, blackberry and dark cherries, pungent spice of liquorice, oak notes of cedar, kernel notes of coffee, animal notes of leather, mineral notes of earth, maturity notes of savoury. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, the wine has medium (+) tannin of ripe and velvety texture, medium alcohol, full body and exhibiting medium (+) intensity of flavours of black fruit of blackberry and dark plum, oak notes of toast, sweet spice of cloves, mineral notes of lead. The wine has medium (+) finish. Conclusion: Very good quality St-Estephe with an intense nose showing good complexity, with plenty of black fruit, minerality, and nice delicate French oak characters supplemented with coffee and earth, with some development notes as well. On the palate it has good acidity and tannin, with everything well-integrated and in harmony, showing good concentration of flavours with nice complexity and a fairly long length in the finish. It is ready to drink now and can further develop for another 4-6 years.
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This year didn't show Cos's full potential, but it is still enjoyable. Good length and balance, but could use a bit more of everything. Would drink now or within next 5 years or so. Does not hold a candle to the 2005 in my opinion. Grade: B+
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Superbowl wine, served with 18 hour pecan-smoked brisket. 1 hour decant. Great energy - sachertorte and cherry compote. After 2 hours in the decanter - soy and mint. Later - stewed berries and chocolate. Nice wine.
"I like this wine" (within reason), but this is Cos D in its minor mode. Wonderful lifted, almost perfumed nose of dark fruit and sweet earth; good presence on the front palate, and there is longueur in flavour, albeit it of somewhat drying nature.
"Elegant" is an overused word, but it is appropriate here. The wine has balance and refinement, but it lacks depth and solidity of character (surprisingly for a St. Estephe).
I won't talk about the price of the wine (because one finds that vulgar), but I have recently awarded 92-93 points to a Spanish wine and a German Spaetburgunder (aka Pinot Noir) that cost a third of the price (wines not in the same genre, of course, but the points system doesn't seem to recognise generic difference - a wine is a wine is a wine. A point of view that is admirably universalist, but worryingly reductionist). The wine does get better with time (after three hours in the decanter). But at the risk of being deemed petty minded, I find that all wines do.
Now I've said that: I will be seeking out better vintages for this wine.
Perhaps the mystique of terroir and vinicultural history has me in its thrall.
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Same bottle as Cos65 and Nutty08. served blind and cold then up to temp in Zalto BdX. Creamy, a hint of lactic acid, round and plummy with red fruits, pencil lead. Its pretty clean and gelled a bit, but no real tertiary development. I thought it was rather easy drinking but perhaps lacking in typicity, and actually guessed 03-05 new world merlot blend.
My take was that this was a crowd pleasing wine, pretty large in scale, but will go FAST when you open it ;) it has also stayed together nicely to this point, even if not incredibly distinctive.
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Rather perplexing blunt as thought for sure this was an aggressively Oakes Napa merlot—but the austerity gave it away a bit. Very tannins, with firm austerity on the finish. Shows a lot of toast and toasted notes on the nose and palate. Very dark fruit profile. Can’t cat I get much typicity here. Best to hold as this is rather unforgiving today. Retasted on night 2. Still showing a ripe roasted element on the nose, however more integrated today with some flint/pencil coming though. Seems like a lot of extraction and “wine making” on the palate—as the finish is rather bitter and austere.
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Dark ruby with rusty rim. Aerated for 30mins in the bottle. Ripe dark fruit, smoke, leather, some sweet spice, minerals. Medium bodied with soft tannins and medium to high acidity. Good depth in the mid palate, fruit is starting to develop with leather nuances and medium smokey finish. Loads of sediment. At a very good point to enjoy. 92-93.
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First off, I can sense the great structure and quality that a Cos wine has the potential of possessing in this 06 effort, and the wine certainly possesses the skeleton of a premier Cos. Although an ‘off vintage’ (although I love some 06 on the right bank), the nose still delivered. Baked Cherries, vanilla, espresso, and a bit of leather, nice bouquet. The mouth had weight, had the length, but lacked the stamina to get the initial taste to the finish line. Details below:
The real qualms of the mouth came on the mid pallet. The fruit was present on the front, with an early sense of balance and well integrated acidity, but a little over halfway through the mouth, the fruits unfortunately puttered out, making the finish over compensated with a blast of acidity that gave the end of the taste a sharp and tart element. Again, the elements of what makes this wine a classic are there, I just don’t think this 06 had the guts to make it to the top shelf.
I am excited to see how a textbook vintage of Cos compares to this, as truthfully at the time of writing this is my first Cos experience. Optimistically, I can sense the character and depth of a classic Cos experience from this wine, and it gives me enough to imagine what a strong vintage’s effort can provide! Goals to taste: 05, 09, 10, 16
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Subtle pleasure! This is IMHO absolutely at the right spot for drinking now (a 3 hour decant). A very fine example of the 2006 vintage. There are better vintages of Cos but this is very good. Enjoy!🍷
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Enjoyable from first pour but a bit harsh and tar like in places. Relaxed over time, softening around the two hour mark and accompanying the beef well. Good but not superb as many cos experiences can be.
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Peking Duck @ Imperial!: This bottle was so good tonight - black fruits with good density, plums, tobacco, slight leather and espresso bitterness, with a nice long finish. Enjoyed this a lot tonight. This is in its peak drinking window now IMO. 93/94
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Great Bordeaux! Drank on an evening with '19 (echantillon) Calon Segur, White Hermitage, Clape's Cornas 05 and Pol Rogers Winston Churchill. Not the star of the evening but standing proud between great wines. Didn't make any notes but believe me, a great wine!
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Requires decanting for sure and in the four years since we tried this last( Papies 90) has definitely evolved well and definitely now in its drinking window albeit at the start. Not a good as the Lynch Babges 2006 ( Papies 93) we had side by side but still very solid and seems the 2006 vintage ( in our view has been lagging recently the 2007) is kicking into gear. Post a good 30 minutes in the decanter this developed well. A lot darker and meatier than we excepted, firm tannin, mineral feel on the palate. A bit of a savoury feel of a wine and definitely a bit tight packed. Solid 92 and very happy to see this develop and definitely with a lot of future ahead of it.
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Very pretty, well integrated Cos. Perfect ending to a night of Bordeaux Tasting. Floral, but structured. Maybe the best Cos that I have had or maybe its just in a great drinking window
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This was closed at first, and evolved gradually over four-plus hours. Pen ink and blackberry on the nose. On the palate, black cherry, black currant, and notes of oaky cocoa/bitter coffee and savory herbs on the medium to long finish, with moderate tannins and strong acidity. This still seems very young, and the heavy oak influence is distracting; it needs more time to integrate and absorb the oak and tannin. This is excellent, with significant room for improvement, but as it is now it was only an average value at a little under $100.
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Pop and pour. Cork in good shape. No formal notes, but overall impression was a lot of oak and tannin, very woody. Nice fruit underneath but still seemed a little disjointed 14 years in. Give it a good decant to round it out next time.
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Base neck fill. Evidence of slight oxidation around top edge of cork. Removed cork, which came out in one piece, and which was very saturated with wine. Color of medium red. Scents of black and red fruit with a little herbalness and with very distinct earthiness. Tastes of black fruit, red fruit and definitely earthyness and definitely smooth and not very tannic.
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Complex bouquet of white truffle, stewed blue berries, plums, leather, star anise, cinnamon and seasoned oak. The nose echoed beautifully in the palate, rich and balanced with some tannins structure towards the end. Medium to full bodied with good intensity and mineral nuances. Transitions to finish is seamless with some chalkiness and a long after taste. Ready to drink now and will continue to age for the next few years.
Retasted in Aug 2022, Intense blue and black fruits, tobacco, aniseed and clove with hints of cedar. Smooth texture. Palate echoed the nose, full-bodied structure, leading to an austere finish. Still young and should improve with another 5 years of aging for the tannins to resolve and integrate into the fine aromatic elements. No change is score.
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Initially after opening, it had a nice presence of fruit and flowers. At 4 hours, it was just oak and tannins with little else. It took 6-7 hrs. of decanter time before this came around. Now, there are black and red fruits, vanilla, flowers, milk chocolate, and some characteristic St. Estèphe traits. This needs 3-5 more cellar years, I think, to round into shape. If I were a professional reviewer I might be able to say what this wine would score in its prime drinking window, but I'm not, so I can't. It's only 92 now, with a long decant. I'm not sure there's much score upside.
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Dark chocolate and warm stewed cherries on the front palate. Merging into graphite and much fleshier on the finish. Very complex but yet still on the young end of its’s life. Decanted for four hours.
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8th try this year: Nose of black fruits, violets, creme de cassis. Tasted black fruits, mint leaves, with tobacco and black tea. Nice long warm finish. Good from first pop. Enjoyed this thoroughly tonight. Open now. The 2006 Bordeauxs are in a great place now.
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2006, Château Cos d’Estournel, Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux, Frankreich. Leuchtendes Rubin, noch schöner Glanz. Die Nase zeigt Anfangs leicht laktische Noten, öffnet sich dann mehr, Kaffee, Schokolade, dunkle und rote Kirschen und deutlich Lakritze. Im Gaumen weich und zugänglich, fast etwas harmlos, dann packt der Wein zu, zeigt markante Gerbstoffe, die rote Frucht wird mit einer knackigen Säure bis in den mittellangen Abgang getragen, endet feinwürzig auf etwas Walnuss. Noch liegen lassen. 2022-2032+. 18.5+ vvPunket (92+/100). vvWine.ch
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Cool, classic left bank nose from a cloudy year. Really tasty right out of the bottle and improved over the next couple of hours. Not a monster by any stretch but all but certain to put a smile on your face. Nice fruit, medium length, and interesting secondary notes emerging. I would drink over the next 5 years or so.
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7th/8th try this year: Tasted black fruits, blackcurrants, liquorice, with a slight tobacco / herbish finish. On the dry side. This is definitely in its drinking window. Enjoyed this again
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6th/7th try this year: Nose of black fruits, vanilla, kirsch. Tasted black fruits, liquorice, with a slight tobacco and black tea finish. Slightly dry. Improved over the night with decanting. This is in a good place now. Open now
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On an SQ flight to Sydney. A nice wine, starting to come around, but still a tad too young. The nose still had the sweetness of youth, with a streak of new oak drifting its way through ripe notes of cassis, blackberries and a nice savoury undertone of earth, meat and spicy tobacco notes. The palate was still framed by a very fine but firm structure of well-shaped tannins and chewy acidity that wove its way through thick, ripe flavours of cassis and dark berries. A tad large and modernly ripe for a Cos I thought, but there was otherwise a classic clarity and transparency to it that I enjoyed. The finish had a nice length to it, with a bit of a structural chew and then a nice drift of spice and smoke on the backpalate. Good with beef now, but will need plenty of time to really hit its stride.
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Wow...excellent! Agree with others...this is ready to drink now. Complex for a 2006. Fruit and earth in harmony. On the lighter side of full-bodied and more smooth than powerful. If the finish were a bit longer, this would be a 94-95. Decant for a bit of air and for sediment. Paired nicely with shredded stewed beef.
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Drank back-to-back with the 06 Montrose and while the Cos was a very nice and fairly easy drinking Bordeaux, I liked the Montrose a bit more. This is soft and round with dark fruits and some wood spices. Integrated tannins. Seems fully ready to drink. The Montrose had more depth but also seemed a more serious wine, perhaps not entirely ready but overall more profound
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5th/6th try this year: Nose of black fruits, vanilla. Tasted black fruits, liquorice, with a slight tobacco finish. This is in a good place now. Open now
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3rd/4th try this year: Nose of black fruits, creme, blackcurrants, with earthy tertiaries. Tasted black fruits, mint leaves. Same as previous notes - Ok to open now but I would give this a few years to see where it goes.
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Was recommended as one of the better 2006 Bordeaux’s. This wine has improved from last tasting over a year ago. It’s in the drinkable window now. It does have that exotic Cos d’Estornel aroma; along with iron/rusty pipe, pencil lead, black fruits, some oak and Bavarian chocolate mint. Got better after 2 hours of decant and second pour from the glass. Mouth does give black fruits, exotic and very soft; low acid feel. Tannins are there; but thank goodness to compensate for low acidity. This wine is drinking beautifully now; and I wouldn’t hesitate. It’s not in a downward trajectory. However; I wouldn’t hesitate opening it up now. Slight garnet tones tells me it’s not for aging 3 years from now.
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2nd/3rd try this year: Bouquet of black fruits, creme, blackcurrants, with initial earthy tertiaries which developed into whiffs of cured meat and bread. Tasted cassis, black fruits, with black coffee bitterness and sourness on the finish and tinge of blueberries. After airing, the black fruits anchored and liquorice came out nicely. Finish of mint leaves, slight leather and black pepper, which coats the tongue. Tannins have mostly resolved. Slightly dry. This is generally easy drinking now - the complexity has yet to come through though. Ok to open now but I would give this a few years to see where it goes.
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A little disappointing. Opened it a little early as still tasting young and tight, still could use a few more years...seems like the flavor and structural complexity still bottled up...got better with time, and balanced out. Lot of coffee, some toffee, black currant and blackberry
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The great misfortune of this wine for me was to be in a tasting flight that included the 2016, 2015, 2014, 2010, 2008 and 2005. Next to most of those this was less balanced, with an over abundance of tar and pepper and not enough fruit (cassis most present) to offset. Tannins not tamed yet. This is still a very good wine but to me pales by comparison. Slightly angular, it is a wine for the mind rather than for exhilaration. Score : 90. Relative to expectations: -
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Endearing bouquet of smokiness and dark chocolate, opening up to fresh cassis. Dark fruits, initial dark chocolate, almost coffee with seductive bitterness on the palate. There is depth and complexity, especially compared to the pontet 2008 which was drank alongside. Round, balanced and energetic. Graphite, slight earthy aftertaste which lingers. Ready to drink now but feel this will get better with more time. Feel this is better than the 2007.
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Excellent wine that would have lived years more yet. 13.5% alc. 2nd growth Bordeaux. Colour: deep black berry Bouquet: rich earthy, mint, leather, black fruits and olives, cereal, coffee Palate: similar to bouquet, opens out to a big wine, balanced, dry and dusty, long finish, big soft puckers tannins. Black coffee and leather dominate other flavours. Nice drinking. So seamlessly smooth and yet potent. January 2019
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Way too young to drink but has great potential. Delicious wine almost chewy with solid fruit/tannin/acid balance and long finish. Give it 5 years or more.
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Friends' Anniversary Dinner (Private Room, Caprice Restaurant, Four Seasons Hotel, Two IFC, Hong Kong): Magnum decanted several hours in advance. Totally opaque black-purple red colour. Nose is a BAM! of red briarberry and blackberry together with hints of typical Cos eastern spice. Gorgeous depth. Palate is beautifully structured, tons of fresh saliva inducing black and red currant fruit. Good structure and tension. A perfect-drinking restaurant wine right now although quite astringent and tannic with damson stone elements which means it needs hearty food. Has not developed much from when I drank it with the winemaker in 2009 and it needs a good few more years to properly unfurl.
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Far too young, this is quite pure and primary at the moment, but shows great promise. Deep pure blackcurrant fruit, almost crystalline, there is a delicate creaminess to this. In the back there is charcoal and leather, that deep earthy quality that St Estephe expresses so beautifully in Cos. The tannins are relentless, the acidity quite pointed, but there is good balance here and a long expansive finish.
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Monthly Men's Wine Dinner (2120 Restaurant, Seattle): Pop and pour. Fine and high toned on the palate with grippy tannins, developing a fuller body after two hours so I would decant next time. Licorice, saddle leather, a touch of citrus at first that dissipated with air. A bit of coffee on the finish. This showed beautifully and makes me want to explore more 2006 Medocs. My WOTN and the group's #2 of 5.
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Been holding on to this wine for about 8 years. Really special night to drink (Bastille Day). Long smooth nose of spice and earth with light floral notes. Some cocoa flavors but just pure romance and a beautiful finish.
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Great time to drink this. Opened and let sit for 2 hours. Amazing mix of fruit and perfume. I would say now is the time to drink this wine. Some of the secondary characters come out now, but also blueberry, and cream. Wonderful characteristic of worn leather as well. Very happy to have had this now.
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2nd time trying this in a week nose- licorice, vegetal mouth - powerful licorice, dark fruit spectrum, char, tannic, and has some elements of a digestif. Duane though it was like the '05 but 'on steroids'. more oomph than the prior bottle, and the power surprises me, but yet again, the elements strike me as lacking harmony. if you have this hold for 5 more years - hopefully with time it integrates
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Nose - tobacco, hookah variant, syrup steeped, possibly apple Mouth - still somewhat angular at age 12, graphite, cassis, tannic and mineral. This has all the elements but at the moment I’m not seeing them come together in harmony. Time? Bottle?
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1. the level of accessibility and readiness for drinking at such an early (for a top quality left bank) stage. 2. the level of ripeness which seems to be almost new world like.
Incredible blackberries and plums as well as a touch of cassis and wet slate mark this hedonistic wine. Although never sweet this one seems like a dessert per se but would certainly pair well with stewed meats and pasta - pure yumm!
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This is drinking really well now. Looks old - bricking verging on orange tints. Mouthfilling with supple tannins. Tastes ripe and rich whilst still retaining some freshness. Very quauffable but I wouldn't keep these any longer. Drink up!
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(Cos vertical, half-blind tasting) Developed but a bit muted nose. Black currant, oak, mint and liquorice. Lacks depth. Generous palate that is a bit too advanced (off-bottle?). Black fruit, Bdx-aromas, sweet liquorice, but also a bitter finish that underwhelms. Tannins more present than fruit.
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Very very dark coloured. Very rich in the mouth at first. After an hour spices, herbs are staring to come out. After 2 hours it becomes a great bordeaux of a classic vintage with dark fruits, some pencil, cigar and wood. SHould come together in 5 years
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So young and full of potential but superbe now. Complex nose, like being in an old castle. Great palate: power, grip, fruit, tannins, leather, meat. Great finish, great wine!
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A combination of muted aromas and ripe, if not over-ripe fruit on palate. Blind I might have picked new world. Might be sleeping but the very modernist sheen on this worries me.
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Cos d'Estournel Tasting (Waterford Wines, Milwaukee): Secondary aromas. Earthy, forest floor. Smoke, Fall aromas. Almost Burgundian! Smooth, well structured palate, full of fruit. Nicely ripe. Drinking beautifully right now.
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Considerably better than two days ago. Volatility continues. Beautiful and jammy red fruit, smooth attack and silky mouthful with good length. Strawberry, cinnamon, chocolate, some vanilla on the after-palate.
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Struggling with the inconsistency of my impressions of this wine. Intrigued to resolve why the volatility is so high. If anybody has a similar impression, I'd appreciate a dialogue.
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One of the most unusual Bordeaux I've had in a while - hard to describe. It's full of interesting savory and maybe herbal flavors but there's virtually no fruit. Intellectual is a word I'd use to describe it. Reminds me of the impression I've had with '09 Clos du Sarpe, which was more weird and wayward, but a similar profile. This was the first Cos d'Estournel Ive had and I'd be weary of trying again, especially at the price. This is a wine that's interesting to taste, but I was hard-pressed to make my way through the bottle over two days.
I tasted this alongside a '14 Ridge Petite Sirah, of all things, and the Ridge was the better wine, at <1/3 the price.
2006 Left Bank Red Bordeaux, with Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Dark in color, dense, glossy. Good rich feel to it, dark fruited, 78% Cab Sauv here, light spice, light herbal. Quite tight, full on tannic, very reserved at this stage and austere. Sweet tannin but a lot of it. Lots of it. This wine will need a good 10yrs a patience before it can become charming. Very similar to the Montrose 2006. 90 at best for now but the hope is there.
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The bouquet was dark and moody at first, then slowly opening to reveal a mix of red and black berry fruits, moist earth, minerals and hints of savory herbs. It displayed angular textures, which were perfectly offset by a pleasing wave of enveloping dark fruit and hints of licorice. Through it all, the '06 maintained a cool and lifted persona with balanced acidity, minerals and hints of mint lasting into the long, structured finish. A wine of contrasts, and I'm loving it.
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In the company of the "05 and '89, the '06 is holding its own in a big way. The bouquet was dark and moody at first, then slowly opening to reveal a mix of red and black fruits, moist earth, minerals and hints of savory herbs. It's angular textures were perfectly offset by a pleasing wave of enveloping dark fruit. Through it all, the '06 maintained a cool and lifted persona with balanced acidity, minerals and hints of mint lasting into the long, structured finish. A wine of contrasts, and I'm loving it.
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This wine is fabulous! A classic Bordeaux! Smooth is a key word. Dark ruby red, still very fresh, lovely bouquets with lots of crushed black berries, blue berries, dates, currants, cedar box, super concentrated but so smooth tannins, prefectly balanced with just right amount of acidity, there are so much nuances going on and on, layers after layers, feels like palate coated with dark chocolate after just eating fresh strawberries, the finish is just long and smooth. It is a WOW wine.
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Did pick up some black fruits, licorice, spices and minerality on the plate. I found the wine a little stringent and short on the finish. Cos D'Estorunel is a wine that has been consistent (in my experience), this may need another 5+ years of bottle age to come together. Would revisit in future years, no rating at this point
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Har inte hänt mycket sedan jag provade det senast. Kraftfull mogen frukt, kaffe, läder, choklad, tobak och relativt kraftfulla tanniner. Låt det ligga ytterligare några år.
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Wow, must be my unlucky day. After a 1990 cos which was not in top form this too showed ackwardly. I remember having this wine a year back and falling in love instantly and ordering a case. This bottle was nowhere near that experience. Cork was quite soaked, especially for a wine that age, almost to the top. There just was not that much there, similar to the 1990, although there was not obvious flaw. Strange. Given this is one of my favourite chateaux usually I am a bit perplexed... Not rated.
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Dark in color, but there is some lightening at the rim of the glass taking place, coupled with concentration of flavor, ripe, but firm tannins, layers of sweet, ripe, fresh, black fruits, minerality and spice, there is a lot to like about this wine. That being said, it's not ready for its prime time debut. Give it another 5 years before you pop a cork, if you can wait that long.
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Brought to monthly tasting and was put next to Pagodes 2006. Approx. 3x the price of the 2nd label, but much more value for money.
As this was pop and pour, the wine needed a few hours to open. Tasted better during the 2nd passing then it did during the 1st. Still not the best of Cos I've tasted so far - for me the 1998/1999 outperforms it. Presume a more dull phase, or actual decanting should have done it ??
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Cos d'Estournel vertical - Check in on some recent vintages; 8/1/2016-9/3/2016: During a Merchant tasting. Medium-dark purple, still quite young in color. The nose is muted, the wine still closed. Coaxing aromas of dark fruit lots of chocolate, forest floor. On the palate this is tight and young. Not unpleasant but the wine has an extracted feeling to it like some of the modern Pomerols. I don't think it is beyond the point where it will prevent the structure to be pleasant once mature but for now this is a clear wait for me. Drink after 2018.
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Still very young, needed a 12-18 hour decant so used the aerator. Lots of coffee and very smooth if not still very tight, think this needs another 5 years at least before everything comes together.
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Dark black fruit aromas. Coffee and toasty to the nose. Red and black berry fruit salad nose. Silky texture to the palate, lots of potpourri on the palate too. Rainwater nose and palate. Medium plus body. A good level of complexity all around.
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15 Vintages of Cos d'Estournel (Ripple - Washington, DC): Very similar nose to the 2008 but a bit more earth and spice. Rich and opulent with firm, chewy tannins and light acid. Concentrated but some silkiness starting to appear. Lovely earth, eucalyptus and sweet spice accents to dark currant fruit. Promising, but still very young.
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Cos d'Estournel Vertical with Aymeric de Gironde (Ripple Restaurant in DC): In between the 04 and 08 in development, most coffee note of the night. Roasted black fruits, cassis, coffee, mocha, ash, lead pencil and earth. Good concentration, silky and polished., nicely layered fruits, sweet tannins and harmonious long finish. Drinking nicely in very primary way.
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Color of medium red. Scents of black and red fruit with a little herbalness. Tastes of black fruit, red fruit and definitely some earthyness in the background and definitely not very tannic.
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Decanter Masterclass 8 November 2015, with Dimitri Augenblick. Dark fruits, white pepper, minty and chalky on the palate. More approachable and easier than 2005, I'd say less character. Not aggressive acidity.
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Ouvre sur les petits fruits, tendance confiture. Une certaine astringence sur la mi-bouche. Puis, une pointe florale et minérale ressort. Me semble trop jeune.
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Medium-dark ruby. Many people guessed Medoc here. Nose of underbush, earth, blue fruit, classic. Great palate too combining, freshness structure and fruit into a fine combo. Soft tannins. I prefer these kinds of Cos both to the leaner ones of the 80ie and 90ies but also to the overripe 2009.
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Last bottle for me. This is simply never going to be a great wine because the fruit is not ripe enough. Even if you give it 20 years the tannin will mellow but never have that sweet finish. Having said that - this has a tremendous bouquet - decent fruit - more plum and dark fruits - a nice long finish. It was well received at the table.
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LBTG - with Alan hosting: Young...but already showing class. Pencil, cassis, blackberry. the color is dark and rich. ripe but oh so polished and balanced. Tons of savory notes in the mid. the back is still very tannic. with time - clamped down even more. needs time. but likely to develop into an excellent BDX.
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Loved it. Should have written notes at the time. I felt ( unlike many) it did need decanting, 2 hours min. The tannins became so less obvious and more integrated. Beautiful fruit. Next bottle wait 2 years min 12 years of age onwards would be.
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Dark color. Deep nose of coffee, smoke, chocolate and dark fruit. This carried through to the rich, round and surprisingly approachable palate. Nice balance and medium finish.
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Tasted single blind - my guess was from the nose St Estephe, the palate showed blueberries, tobacco leaf, vanilla, leather, earth and spice. Beautiful and beat Monrose 2005 for me in this blind lineup. Seriously thinking of buying a case. I agree with other comments here, let breath from bottle no need to decant. This sample was from coravin and left in glass for half an hour.
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Upon open, fruity on the front, earthy/dirty on the finish. after 1-1.5hr of being open everything started to integrate and harmonize. Seamless as fruit and earth were elegant and balanced. Do not decant.
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Deep and dark core, purple / dark red at the edges. Slow to medium legs. Chocolate dominates the nose and palette. Still some oak which could integrate better with more time. Full bodied. Tannic.
Built to last. I wouldn't touch for another 5 years. Drink 2020-2035
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Let breath in bottle for an hour. I would not do one second more. Great sharp, complex wine. Lucious flavor, what I love about bordeaux. Changed dramatically over the course of dinner( Duck with berebere spice and mulberry glaze). Mellowed out, almost too much for my paticular taste. Luckily for me we loved in so much that my wife and I drank it before it could get anything close to boring. It really went perfectly sith the spicy, fatty duck.
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Tasted over three days, blind on the first and third; had it for the highest quality Barbaresco both times. This is the most unique Bordeaux I have ever tasted. The bouquet featured rose petals, spice, and tar notes, along with 'sweet' pipe tobacco, floral elements, and herbs. Bordeaux funk and meatiness were all but absent, though gravel and graphite were present. Incredible refinement on the palate, tremendous harmony, smooth. Piercing attack. Rounded, bracing, and rich mid palate. Barolo and Barbaresco-like, fine-grained tannins, truckloads of them, come out to play, accompanied by strong crème de cassis and spice notes. Long, luxurious finish, of mind-bending complexity and depth. An exceptional wine. Tasted this alongside thirty other wines, at least ten of them highly renowned, and this showed the best, especially on the second and third days. Further accolades escape me.
Stellar. Outstanding and a joy to experience. A powerful, yet elegant Bordeaux that shows its roots and is damn proud of it. This wine hit me from so many directions that I got confused. So much going on here, from the earthiness, to the backbone. Find it. Buy it.
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Parte cupo, compresso e quasi impenetrabile. Il registro si sintonizza sulle spezie tostate, foglie secche abbrustolite, funghi secchi e molta polvere di caffè. Poi goudron, asfalto e catrame. La parte fruttata è meno in evidenza, per lasciare spazio a toni più organici, quasi di foie gras caramellato. Scalda le narici, con potenza alcolica quasi focosa, sembra già masticabile al naso, mi fa venire in mente una bruschetta tostata alle melanzane. Naso davvero affascinante, adulto e molto aristocratico.
Al palato è energico, grintoso, ma allo stesso tempo molto soffice e a fuoco. A centro bocca torna fortissimo l' amaro del caffè. Colpisce l' ampiezza con cui si espandono l' acidità e la trama tannica e fanno aumentare a mille la salivazione. Elegantissimo, lunghissimo e ampio, ti sazia. Un grande rosso da aperitivo o da meditazione, non richiede quasi il cibo, tanto è masticabile. Peccato per il tannino ancora un pò troppo asciungante, ma la spinta dinamica è imbarazzante. Da aspettare 5-10 anni, ma già da oggi emozionante
Outstanding powerful, and precise tannins. Impressive backbone which is impressive and enjoyable today but can carry this wine for decades. Charcoal and pencil lead are dominant but balanced with pure, elegant fruit. No doubt this will continually be re-rated higher over the coming years. Worth seeking out.
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Friday Night Double Blind Semi-Mondo $80+ (Bin 75): Very dark opaque core with thin dull garnet rim; blue cheese, coffee, beef stock, red currant, vanilla, green pepper, violets; strong tannin, good fruit, green pepper; modern but very good.
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Surprisingly open and with quite dark fruit, cedar, smooth and with smooth tannins. Medium bodied. Day 2-4: A lot softer, rather light and elegant, but a little bit out of focus and slightly short.
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Underwhelming at this stage. Dark ruby colour, nearly purple. Nice nose of cedar and violet. On the palate smooth, yet neither tannins nor fatness lived up to expectations. Rather limited scope and depth of blackcurrant with hints of licorice and a slightly jammy texture. Medium length. I wonder whether there is much potential left. The tannins have smoothened already yet the body has not yet fully formed. Nice but not up to expectations.
To avoid criticism on this page by fellow members: I try to honestly use the full scale of rating for my own reference. I realized that the average slowly seems to drift towards 90+ wines. To be perfectly honest: I can see good as good and very good as very good so excellent and outstanding wines remain the exception and their rating lives up to the true meaning of the word.
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Tasted at the New york Wine Experience 2013 Medium dense garnet color, lightening at the rim cedar and tar on the nose - surprisingly round for a St. Estephe of this age. On palate first quite round and mellow, though a bit on the thin side, then comes tannin.My wife says: It's peppery. For me a bit on the thin + watery side. Difficult to judge. On the whole I am not so terribly enthused about this Chateau.
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Bordeaux Vinexpo 2013 (Saint Estephe/Sauternes/Pomerol) (Bordeaux (F)): Brick red, with pinkish rim. Dried flowers hints at nose, then liquorice and ripe red fruits. Powerful when entering mouth, but more alcohol than fruit. Great texture, tannic, almost peppery. Long finish, but not great acidity.
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After tasting 3 glasses of this wine, I immediately decided to get a few bottles for my cellar; already very good at this young age, with lots of potential ahead; 92-93 points for now; a solid Château Cos d'Estournel wine that will probably reach 95+ easily near its maturity; can't wait to enjoy this beautiful and delicious wine again in 5-6 years; perhaps side by side with a first growth wine from a good vintage.
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Provade det här vinet redan när det släpptes för ca 3 år sedan. Då var det ett väldigt kraftfullt vin med mycket tanniner men samtidigt väldigt tillgängligt då det var mycket frukt som vägde upp det. Fick det nu i en blindprovning. Var väldigt slutet och tanninrikt och hade inte alls samma kraft i frukten. Kommer att behöva tid för att hitta balansen. Hade även en del peppartoner som jag inte alls noterade tidigare, vilket gjorde att jag inte alls gissade på en left bank.
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Great potential in this Cos. It opened up and came along quite nicely during the evening, while opening up in the glass. Decanted for almost 6 hours, but in a too small pitcher, so tight as a drum. Some menthol and smoky notes on the nose. Dense and tight with harsh young tannins, dense fruit and some vanilla hints on the finish. My conclusion are that this is way, way to young at this point, and should require another 5 + years to start maturing and come around to show itself. Points for tonight performance.
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Beautiful and luxurious bouquet with smoke, cedar, cigar box and cassis. The same luxury on the palate. Beautiful wine with a lot of future. Wait at least until 2018.
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Just a few notes written down. Beautiful bouquet with a touch of pleasant barnyard, coffee and luxurious oak. A somewhat sweet start, beautiful acidity and soft tannin. Also some bell peppers. This wine is still so youthful, but already showing its luxuriousness a bit. My score of 94 includes in this case some of the potential, because I believe around 2020 this will be a real beauty showing even more complexity and finesse
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This was our third wine of the evening with our dinner at French Laundry. Enjoyed out of the 1/2 bottle. Decanted for 2 hours and ready to consume. Dark fruit with forrest notes complimented the wagyu steak. I've not had much of this label but I am familiar with it and was suprised at the warmth and moderness of this wine. Quite beautiful and approachable at this young age.
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Another powerful wine. Deep in colour. Lots of wood and brambles on the nose. licorice on the palate. Way too early to think about drinking this. 2017+?
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Decanted for 2 hours and much better than I expected.
Cloning of 2005 style, modern but very nice in nosing, mild earth, clean mud, fruits, wood, fragrant. Good balance and delicious. I drink along with Mouton 2003 and feel like it's the same level of wine. Finish is also very good.
The Promising.
Thanks to Pond, this bottle changes my mind. I should buy some.
Drink now - 2035................93-95+/100
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Perfectly balancing tannic, structure and power, with opulent, refined textures and ripe fruit, there is a lot to like in this cassis, spice, blackberry, smoke, licorice and earthy wine. If you can wait, and you should, give it until at least 2016 before popping a cork.
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Tasting event with Artadi's Juan Carlos Lopez de Lacalle (Monvinic (Barcelona)): Opened for 90 min. Medium ruby color. Perfumed nose: Strawberries, vanilla, rose petals, elegant and a bit primary though. On palate flavours of fresh red fruit coulis, cassis, strawberries, medium bodied, elegant, herbaceous, a bit dry and some astringency but not as much as expected. Medium finish. I liked this quite a lot although I was expecting a bit more power or tannicity.On palate was quite enjoyable and ready but probably lacking the complexity ageing may provide. Very nice overall. 92+
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Still locked, but shows beautiful complexity in the bouquet. See previous notes. Today I was a little disappointed about the body, but the wine was popped and poured and I had only one taste, so it might be the stage the wine is in right now. Scored it a point less this time, but give it until 2018 - 2020. It'll probably be a feast by then. 93++
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Way, way, way, too young. Popped and poured.... alcoholic grape juice. Then.... Poured into decanter through vinturi. First glass better. Still closed, but exhiibiting some nice flavors or casis, blackberry and cigar. Needs YEARS more time in the cellar, but I'm glad that I tried it..... Now I know to wait. No score for now.
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Drank over 4 days, and showing its best on day 4. Initially, I would not have pegged this for a Cos, or even a St. Estephe. I have heard of Cos' change of style beginning around 2001, and my previous most recent experience has been with vintage 1995, so I am more of a fan of 'old-school' Cos ('82, '83, '88, '89, '94, '95). However, the terroir began to show through by days 3-4, with earthy blackberry, black currant, bittersweet chocolate, and mocha flavors to go with a luxurious midpalate, firm but caressing tannins, and long lingering finish. The oak, though noticeable, showed more prominently with some vanilla on the nose and entry by days 3-4, but was not obtrusive, and well integrated. Yes, this appears to be a bigger, riper, style of Cos, but the underlying elements are there, and I have faith that this will develop into a very lovely wine with some patience.
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Monthly Tasting Group HWS #053; Expensive and 93+ Parker Points (By BS & JH): Completely locked at the moment, but wow, this is a great wine! Thick cassis juice and a lot of vanilla from luxurious oak. Cassis, coffee, laurel, firm but round tannin and good bitterness in the finish. Do not drink this before 2018. A few years later might be even better. I am sure this will be one of the great classical Bdx wines in the 2020s. 94+
After many hours of vigorous swirling and decanting, the oak mellowed out a bit to reveal some nice tones of dark fruit, sweet tomato and tobacco and spices on the palate. The nose was very barbecue sauce-ish (if you will) on the nose. I have a few bottles of this, so I decided to test the juice..... This will be rewarding when it comes together.
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Made in a modern, toasty style with prominent caramel, cafe au lait, raspberry and currant flavors. This needs time to integrate its wood, but shows reasonably well now, with a fine, sleek mouthfeel, medium body and fine tannins.
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My initial take on the nose was a lot of big, modern fruit... quite surprised by how "new world" this was coming across with the initial impression. Don't get me wrong, there's definitely delicious fruit here, but it's modern. There is some earthiness here as well, which does balance some of that fruit; certainly not a bomb. Slight hint of alcohol, slight funk, and light minerality. The very first thing I noticed on the mouth was a slight hint of heat, and a ton of wood. Really grippy wood tannins on the palate. The wood tannins carry deep into the finish, feeling like I just chewed on a 2x4. There's hardly any acidity throughout this wine which really bothers me. In fact, the finish winds up going completely flat after I swallow... nothing rises up at all. It's like I just put a band-aid on my tongue so that I couldn't taste, then chewed on a bunch of sawdust. There's no flavors left on the finish, just this wood feeling. The structure here will mellow with age, but I don't think the wood tannins are ever going to come into balance with the lack of real fruit and acidity, and I doubt it's ability to turn into something worth following for decades.
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This is a tough one, the wine gives off many great flavors on the nose, stinky forest floor, cowpie, dark cherries, rotten wood. The nose smells awesome in my opinion. The palate though is a bit of a letdown, initially the wine is very soft and delicious, somewhere right after the mid-palate though the wine shows very sharp wood tannins that completely wreck the finish. There is no fruit or flavor in the heavily tannic wood finish. ("this is like licking hard wood" LOOOOOL) Drank beside a 2006 Ducru-Beaucaillou, this wasn't near as composed or integrated. Will this ever come together? My wine-geek friends weren't sure.
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This was a pretty unimpressive wine. I kept swirling and swirling the glass-- for hours, literally-- I kept waiting for it to come around, and it never did. I wondered if maybe the bottle was damaged, and it didn't seem to be. I wondered if it was too young-- well, sure, it was young-- I've had many a young wine-- this was weak and thin, an unimpressive nose, the nose came around a bit after about five hours, but it was still very thin on the palate. I dunno, based on all the 93+ scores I've read everywhere, maybe I'm wrong and everyone else is right. But, no, I think everyone else is wrong, in their Parker sycophancy.... Was it "terrible"? Of course not. It's an eighty-eight-pointer. Just thin in the middle... and the beginning, and the end, for that matter....
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Store Four Cooking Demo (Store Four): Probably WOTN for me. Easily had the best structure of all the wines. Still needs quite a few years, but is already delicious. Complex, medium bodied wine with quite a few tannins. Big rich Bordeaux. 92-94
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Yes, yes.. I know this was opened way too early but I just couldn't resist getting a little peak at my favorite Bordeaux from the year of our anniversary. At this early stage, the wine is showing as expected. Young, slightly tannic, but very well structured. The nose has hints of what should develop into a great, earthy, St. Estephe funk. Fruit on the palate is deep, dark, and pure and the tannins, while certainly present, are softer then I expected. I look forward to having this wine to celebrate our 5th, 10th and 15th anniversaries.
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Young, fresh, tannic and really showing its class! I thought I was tasting a first growth, tremendous amounts of dark fruits, hitting all the cylinders, superb wine making technique and yet retain the perfect balance. It will be a great wine without doubt.
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Complex bouquet with e.g. cassis, vanilla, caramel and luxurious toasted oak. Same in the mouth. Beautiful soft tannin and a finish that keeps on going. Great wine with a good future. 94+
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Dark, looks quite young. Very intense aroma up to being nearly intrusive: mostly leather, bacon, wet leaves with a fresh note and some red berries. Very interesting, multi-layered palate, noble, but with not too much of fruit, quite tannic. Tobacco, minerals, herbs. Rather long. Tobacco, chocolate, liquorice in the aftertaste.
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Cos d'Estournel Wine Dinner with Valentine Labarthe (The Pawn, Hong Kong): Opaque purple but surprisingly lightened at the edge. Nose is completely primary: boxwood and not much else. Lovely very sweet and fruity on the palate....lots of mocha on the back end. Great structure and balance.....a big wine. This has all the elements to become a great wine. Apparently, 2006 was a very low-yeilding year where selection was uncompromising. Very impressive indeed.
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This is dark ruby in color with an exciting, spicy, cassis and blackberry filled nose. The wine offers a big, juicy mouthful of ripe fruit, but, the tannins are big in style. The black fruit filled finish with a hint of raspberry tones is a large, full bodied wine. But, the style of the tannins make it seem like it will take a long time to come around.
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Cos d'Estournel Masterclass: Dark purple colour. A very expressive nose of liqorice, incense, caramel toffee, pain grille, anise and other spice. Good fruit concentration and structure for aging. An infant now, but has a lot going in the wine that hints a promising future.
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La Fete du Bordeaux- 2006 Bordeaux Vintage (Chicago Wine Company, Ritz-Calton.): Explosive bouquet of berries, tobacco and licorice. Impressively harmonious with a lovely fruit core. Elegant, yet powerful wine with a memorable finish. Just superbly weighted. This surpassed the 2000 Cos served in the same flight and rivals many first growth on this showing. Easily the best young Bordeaux I've tasted.
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3/27/2024 - Tao wrote: 95 Points
Beautiful nose of ripe black currant fruits, very young and dark colour! The palate is tight and waves and waves of slightly sweet spicy black fruits, a lengthy finish! Not fully mature yet! An hour of decanting may help. This is a rather serious wine!
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3/9/2024 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 94 Points
Emirates flight. Excellent showing and significantly better than how I remember my last bottle 4 years ago. Tell tale left bank Bdx with good weight and depth. Has lost the baby fat and sweetness of earlier years and comes across pretty serious now but with nicely integrated tannins and good length. Excellent for 2006
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1/23/2024 - motuski Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted over three hours. Delicious wine with nose of cedar, red fruit, red bell peppers and leather. Evolved as the night wore on. Quality Bdx tannic structure. This is in a place where it should be - drink.
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12/25/2023 - Geniesser64 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Viel besser als die letzte Flasche, liegt wohl am längeren Dekantieren: Mindestens drei bis vier Stunden. Danach sehr rund, ausgewogen und ausbalanciert.Auch das leicht Marmeladige der letzten Flasche war weg.
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11/10/2023 - pinoteer Likes this wine: 92 Points
While certainly drinkable earlier, this wine still needs 6 hours in the decanter to become the best version of itself. It then softens and loses its bitter taste. And, even then, I think that 2-3 more years in the cellar would help considerably. Dark cherries, cassis, cherry pits, cocoa powder. Long finish with fine tannins. So, next bottle on its 20th birthday. Surprisingly, I think that the 2005 is closer to prime drinking than the 2006. It's still hard for me to justify anything higher than 92.
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10/22/2023 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 92 Points
Aromas of concentrated dark fruits, with coffee and herbs, but not the most expressive nose for now. The attack is crisp and bright, with spicy blackcurrant and plums, then there is great depth midpalate, where the blackberry comes to the fore. The finish is a little clipped for now and dominated by the tannins which although silky, are very much still in place.
Very tight at first, it needed six hours in a decanter to open up, and even then it was still quite narrow. Certainly enjoyable, but I think it will be a lot better in another five years. I'm not sure it will ever be an outstanding wine though.
Much as I did enjoy it, there are other 2006s I've enjoyed a lot more - and which cost a lot less. The current price is around 130 euros, which strikes me as being rather a lot.
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10/19/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Firm, crisp, classic-styled vintage of COS. There is a wealth of concentrated, deep, dark, red, and black fruits, spice, smoke, espresso, and thyme All of that is backed up by an equal wall of tannin and freshness. This is going to age for decades. Drink from 2023-2050.
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8/2/2023 - WineKnurd Likes this wine: 90 Points
Popped & decanted, cork was about 1/2 red but no seepage out of the bottle. Plenty of sediment in the bottle and on the filter, maybe stand this one up for the full 24 hours to let that really settle. Unfortunately I only let this breathe for about an hour before I started in which did not do this wine justice; 3+ hours would be my recommendation, or some serous "audozing" with the cork out, and even then might need more time.
Once it started to open up, notes of soft red fruits on the nose- red currants, pomegranates, and fresh cut red apples with some leafy green and earthy tobacco undertones. Was drinking well, still had nice acidity and strong but not overly astringent tannins that contribute to a long finish. I fear some of the more complex elements of the nose and palate were hidden by the short decant time.
Will wait a few more years on my second bottle with a more extended decant for sure. Overall evaluation A- (90).
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6/15/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Rich and full fruited and rounded and delicious. So good.
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5/27/2023 - markcic Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened three hours in advance of dinner, recorked and taken to our club along with a 2013 Insignia and a 2013 Backus. I found when I tasted it at three hours the nose was still muted. The palate was berries, plums and tobacco . The finish at first was moderate and kind of flat. At the end of evening after being opened for 6 and a half hours the finish was deep and brooding and extremely enjoyable. At the beginning of the evening I would give it a 90 but it ends at a 93. It definitely develops over the course of the dinner. My suggestion and what I intend to di is the next bottle I drink I will open and decant lunchtime to drink at dinner.
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4/29/2023 - MWiking wrote: 94 Points
Så härligt mjukt snyggt kryddigt mycket läder och tobak, blir så glad av ett glas vin av detta
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4/7/2023 - Mathijs81 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Much better than tasted back in 2016 ... has matured well in bottle.
Best features are the nose and finish, both are intense and stunning.
No need to hold further - pop the cork and enjoy !
Mathijs
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4/5/2023 - Peck Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted for 2 hours
Shy at first
Tobacco Coffee and oak comes up
Then the fruit cassis black berrys ceder and doft stable violet
Good tannins
Matched the file
Long life ahead
Best in 5 years will last 10-15
Peck
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3/12/2023 - Winedad53 wrote: 86 Points
Not a fan of this vintage. No profile or character, a dark, plummy, brooding and overpowering wine with no profile or nuance even after 4 hours of decant and aeration. Cos remains one of my favorite Bordeaux chateaus, but this was a big miss.
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2/15/2023 - englishman's claret wrote:
A second encounter with this wine, this time blind, confirms the impressions of the first - plummy, clumsy, big and tannic, slightly hot. Not a lot of raciness.
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12/31/2022 - Geniesser64 wrote: 93 Points
Ich gebe es zu, ich war ein klein wenig enttäuscht....
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12/30/2022 - grapenomad wrote: 92 Points
Deep ruby in the glass with garnet hues. The nose is developing, showing a complex combo of fresh fruit (plum, blackberry, blackcurrant) and dried fruit (fig, cranberry), pencil shavings, cedar, charred wood, sweet cigar. Medium (+) body with resolved, but firm tannins, medium acidity and alcohol. Smooth operator, thoroughly enjoyable.
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11/19/2022 - jmoon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely and quite bouncy fruit on opening, after an hour firmed up and became more classic Bordeaux serious. No risk of this fading in the near future, it’s enjoyable but the firmness detracts from the overall experience at this stage of development - with this bottle anyway.
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8/21/2022 - lovemycab Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank along side the 2004 and this was much riper. Dark fruits (cassis, blackberry), leather, tobacco, and graphite. Continued to open over the course of the day. Will be curious if this improves or if the vintage and weather keep this where it is today.
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6/22/2022 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 94 Points
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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6/9/2022 - AndrewWill Likes this wine: 92 Points
Monstrous nose of dark fruit, cassis, cedar, graphite, and tobacco. Palate is complex and in a tertiary stage of black pepper, tobacco, black tea, and mint.
I didn't find this as tannic as others have. But I do agree that the length could use more--well--length. It's a tad short.
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5/26/2022 - Renevin wrote: 95 Points
Nez très expressif, confituré. En bouche, bel ampleur, puissant, rond. Tout est bien équilibré. Longue finale sur le fruit. Du grand vin
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12/18/2021 - Papies wrote: flawed
Was not obvious on first note but as it developed so did the trace of TCA became more evident and robbed the wine of its beauty that we saw about a year ago and rated 92. Shame
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9/27/2021 - englishman's claret wrote: 89 Points
2006 Bordeaux Horizontal: The 2006 Cos comes off as rather clumsy with a nose dominated by black fruit and muddy earth, the details smudged. When this hits the palate, it manages to be simultaneously searingly tannic and devoid of serious length, in this way perhaps best conveying the message of a wet September and a late harvest. 2006 was a hard year.
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9/3/2021 - Hendmo Likes this wine: 94 Points
Just starting to enter the drinking window, this leans towards the darker fruit side, with cassis and blackberry, a healthy mineral element of graphite, and some earthy, leather, smoky notes with a touch of mint. This has more than a nod towards Pauillac. There is some weight and density on the palate too, with the same dark fruit and mineral notes, but remains fresh and pleasant due to the well judge acidity, and it’s a very well balanced effort. Long finish with some gently gripping tannins that give this structure rather than being too intrusive. Very nice.
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8/21/2021 - peterchoy wrote: 92 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium ruby colour, with fading rims and legs.
Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity of black fruit of cassis, blackberry and dark cherries, pungent spice of liquorice, oak notes of cedar, kernel notes of coffee, animal notes of leather, mineral notes of earth, maturity notes of savoury. The wine is developing.
Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, the wine has medium (+) tannin of ripe and velvety texture, medium alcohol, full body and exhibiting medium (+) intensity of flavours of black fruit of blackberry and dark plum, oak notes of toast, sweet spice of cloves, mineral notes of lead. The wine has medium (+) finish.
Conclusion: Very good quality St-Estephe with an intense nose showing good complexity, with plenty of black fruit, minerality, and nice delicate French oak characters supplemented with coffee and earth, with some development notes as well. On the palate it has good acidity and tannin, with everything well-integrated and in harmony, showing good concentration of flavours with nice complexity and a fairly long length in the finish. It is ready to drink now and can further develop for another 4-6 years.
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6/20/2021 - Vinewanderers Likes this wine:
This year didn't show Cos's full potential, but it is still enjoyable. Good length and balance, but could use a bit more of everything. Would drink now or within next 5 years or so. Does not hold a candle to the 2005 in my opinion. Grade: B+
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2/7/2021 - epjepson Likes this wine: 90 Points
Superbowl wine, served with 18 hour pecan-smoked brisket. 1 hour decant. Great energy - sachertorte and cherry compote. After 2 hours in the decanter - soy and mint. Later - stewed berries and chocolate. Nice wine.
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1/23/2021 - vide Likes this wine: 92 Points
"I like this wine" (within reason), but this is Cos D in its minor mode. Wonderful lifted, almost perfumed nose of dark fruit and sweet earth; good presence on the front palate, and there is longueur in flavour, albeit it of somewhat drying nature.
"Elegant" is an overused word, but it is appropriate here. The wine has balance and refinement, but it lacks depth and solidity of character (surprisingly for a St. Estephe).
I won't talk about the price of the wine (because one finds that vulgar), but I have recently awarded 92-93 points to a Spanish wine and a German Spaetburgunder (aka Pinot Noir) that cost a third of the price (wines not in the same genre, of course, but the points system doesn't seem to recognise generic difference - a wine is a wine is a wine. A point of view that is admirably universalist, but worryingly reductionist). The wine does get better with time (after three hours in the decanter). But at the risk of being deemed petty minded, I find that all wines do.
Now I've said that: I will be seeking out better vintages for this wine.
Perhaps the mystique of terroir and vinicultural history has me in its thrall.
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1/17/2021 - jviz wrote: 93 Points
Same bottle as Cos65 and Nutty08. served blind and cold then up to temp in Zalto BdX. Creamy, a hint of lactic acid, round and plummy with red fruits, pencil lead. Its pretty clean and gelled a bit, but no real tertiary development. I thought it was rather easy drinking but perhaps lacking in typicity, and actually guessed 03-05 new world merlot blend.
My take was that this was a crowd pleasing wine, pretty large in scale, but will go FAST when you open it ;) it has also stayed together nicely to this point, even if not incredibly distinctive.
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1/16/2021 - cos65 Likes this wine:
Ruby with just a garnet rim
Toasty aromas
Dark fruit
Somewhat drying finish, but plenty to last
Would hold
YFS
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1/16/2021 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Rather perplexing blunt as thought for sure this was an aggressively Oakes Napa merlot—but the austerity gave it away a bit. Very tannins, with firm austerity on the finish. Shows a lot of toast and toasted notes on the nose and palate. Very dark fruit profile. Can’t cat I get much typicity here. Best to hold as this is rather unforgiving today.
Retasted on night 2. Still showing a ripe roasted element on the nose, however more integrated today with some flint/pencil coming though. Seems like a lot of extraction and “wine making” on the palate—as the finish is rather bitter and austere.
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1/14/2021 - curtr Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decant 2 hrs. Earthy, bold, mild tannins at this stage from 375 ml. Drink 375 ml Now - 2023.
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1/5/2021 - Yorgos Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark ruby with rusty rim. Aerated for 30mins in the bottle. Ripe dark fruit, smoke, leather, some sweet spice, minerals. Medium bodied with soft tannins and medium to high acidity. Good depth in the mid palate, fruit is starting to develop with leather nuances and medium smokey finish. Loads of sediment. At a very good point to enjoy. 92-93.
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12/12/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Another Sat Night @ RV!: See previous notes
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11/17/2020 - parkline_wine wrote: 91 Points
First off, I can sense the great structure and quality that a Cos wine has the potential of possessing in this 06 effort, and the wine certainly possesses the skeleton of a premier Cos. Although an ‘off vintage’ (although I love some 06 on the right bank), the nose still delivered. Baked Cherries, vanilla, espresso, and a bit of leather, nice bouquet. The mouth had weight, had the length, but lacked the stamina to get the initial taste to the finish line. Details below:
The real qualms of the mouth came on the mid pallet. The fruit was present on the front, with an early sense of balance and well integrated acidity, but a little over halfway through the mouth, the fruits unfortunately puttered out, making the finish over compensated with a blast of acidity that gave the end of the taste a sharp and tart element. Again, the elements of what makes this wine a classic are there, I just don’t think this 06 had the guts to make it to the top shelf.
I am excited to see how a textbook vintage of Cos compares to this, as truthfully at the time of writing this is my first Cos experience. Optimistically, I can sense the character and depth of a classic Cos experience from this wine, and it gives me enough to imagine what a strong vintage’s effort can provide! Goals to taste: 05, 09, 10, 16
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10/8/2020 - Vine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Subtle pleasure! This is IMHO absolutely at the right spot for drinking now (a 3 hour decant). A very fine example of the 2006 vintage. There are better vintages of Cos but this is very good. Enjoy!🍷
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9/16/2020 - curtr Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted 1.5 hours. Well resolved in the 375 ml format. Medium to full bodied.
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9/16/2020 - jmoon Likes this wine: 91 Points
Enjoyable from first pour but a bit harsh and tar like in places. Relaxed over time, softening around the two hour mark and accompanying the beef well. Good but not superb as many cos experiences can be.
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7/24/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Peking Duck @ Imperial!: This bottle was so good tonight - black fruits with good density, plums, tobacco, slight leather and espresso bitterness, with a nice long finish. Enjoyed this a lot tonight. This is in its peak drinking window now IMO. 93/94
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6/14/2020 - Kriz wrote:
Great Bordeaux! Drank on an evening with '19 (echantillon) Calon Segur, White Hermitage, Clape's Cornas 05 and Pol Rogers Winston Churchill. Not the star of the evening but standing proud between great wines. Didn't make any notes but believe me, a great wine!
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6/6/2020 - Papies wrote: 92 Points
Requires decanting for sure and in the four years since we tried this last( Papies 90) has definitely evolved well and definitely now in its drinking window albeit at the start. Not a good as the Lynch Babges 2006 ( Papies 93) we had side by side but still very solid and seems the 2006 vintage ( in our view has been lagging recently the 2007) is kicking into gear.
Post a good 30 minutes in the decanter this developed well. A lot darker and meatier than we excepted, firm tannin, mineral feel on the palate. A bit of a savoury feel of a wine and definitely a bit tight packed. Solid 92 and very happy to see this develop and definitely with a lot of future ahead of it.
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5/9/2020 - Jd6725 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very pretty, well integrated Cos. Perfect ending to a night of Bordeaux Tasting. Floral, but structured. Maybe the best Cos that I have had or maybe its just in a great drinking window
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4/28/2020 - RichardP wrote: 92 Points
This was closed at first, and evolved gradually over four-plus hours. Pen ink and blackberry on the nose. On the palate, black cherry, black currant, and notes of oaky cocoa/bitter coffee and savory herbs on the medium to long finish, with moderate tannins and strong acidity. This still seems very young, and the heavy oak influence is distracting; it needs more time to integrate and absorb the oak and tannin. This is excellent, with significant room for improvement, but as it is now it was only an average value at a little under $100.
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4/20/2020 - blaine wrote:
Pop and pour. Cork in good shape. No formal notes, but overall impression was a lot of oak and tannin, very woody. Nice fruit underneath but still seemed a little disjointed 14 years in. Give it a good decant to round it out next time.
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4/19/2020 - dase13 wrote: 94 Points
Base neck fill. Evidence of slight oxidation around top edge of cork. Removed cork, which came out in one piece, and which was very saturated with wine.
Color of medium red.
Scents of black and red fruit with a little herbalness and with very distinct earthiness.
Tastes of black fruit, red fruit and definitely earthyness and definitely smooth and not very tannic.
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3/7/2020 - Psdycp wrote: 93 Points
Complex bouquet of white truffle, stewed blue berries, plums, leather, star anise, cinnamon and seasoned oak. The nose echoed beautifully in the palate, rich and balanced with some tannins structure towards the end. Medium to full bodied with good intensity and mineral nuances. Transitions to finish is seamless with some chalkiness and a long after taste. Ready to drink now and will continue to age for the next few years.
Retasted in Aug 2022, Intense blue and black fruits, tobacco, aniseed and clove with hints of cedar. Smooth texture. Palate echoed the nose, full-bodied structure, leading to an austere finish. Still young and should improve with another 5 years of aging for the tannins to resolve and integrate into the fine aromatic elements. No change is score.
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2/9/2020 - Fredensborg wine cellar wrote:
Smagte ikke godt
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2/6/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Same notes as before! I should slow down on this one
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2/6/2020 - JHSP Likes this wine: 89 Points
Quite complex layers - to expected cos but maybe a bit too light bodied and a bit short
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1/21/2020 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
1st Cos D 2006 for 2020 - still good, enjoyed this again!
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1/7/2020 - pinoteer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Initially after opening, it had a nice presence of fruit and flowers. At 4 hours, it was just oak and tannins with little else. It took 6-7 hrs. of decanter time before this came around. Now, there are black and red fruits, vanilla, flowers, milk chocolate, and some characteristic St. Estèphe traits. This needs 3-5 more cellar years, I think, to round into shape. If I were a professional reviewer I might be able to say what this wine would score in its prime drinking window, but I'm not, so I can't. It's only 92 now, with a long decant. I'm not sure there's much score upside.
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12/25/2019 - amenges Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dark chocolate and warm stewed cherries on the front palate. Merging into graphite and much fleshier on the finish. Very complex but yet still on the young end of its’s life. Decanted for four hours.
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12/25/2019 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 93 Points
8th try this year: Nose of black fruits, violets, creme de cassis. Tasted black fruits, mint leaves, with tobacco and black tea. Nice long warm finish. Good from first pop. Enjoyed this thoroughly tonight. Open now. The 2006 Bordeauxs are in a great place now.
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12/2/2019 - vvWine.ch wrote: 92 Points
2006, Château Cos d’Estournel, Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux, Frankreich. Leuchtendes Rubin, noch schöner Glanz. Die Nase zeigt Anfangs leicht laktische Noten, öffnet sich dann mehr, Kaffee, Schokolade, dunkle und rote Kirschen und deutlich Lakritze. Im Gaumen weich und zugänglich, fast etwas harmlos, dann packt der Wein zu, zeigt markante Gerbstoffe, die rote Frucht wird mit einer knackigen Säure bis in den mittellangen Abgang getragen, endet feinwürzig auf etwas Walnuss. Noch liegen lassen. 2022-2032+. 18.5+ vvPunket (92+/100). vvWine.ch
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11/29/2019 - tphilca Likes this wine: 93 Points
Cool, classic left bank nose from a cloudy year. Really tasty right out of the bottle and improved over the next couple of hours. Not a monster by any stretch but all but certain to put a smile on your face. Nice fruit, medium length, and interesting secondary notes emerging. I would drink over the next 5 years or so.
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11/2/2019 - mchern02 wrote: 93 Points
3 hour decant
Typical fantastic Cos nose with graphite, licorice, dark black fruit, and layered cake with a hint of sweet alcohol
Fruit palate with primary characteristics, some smoke and ash without the refined acidity and backbone of the best vintages I’ve had.
Finish is moderate length with some drying tannins.
quite enjoyable with a few more years of prime drinking
Nose is A++, palate is an A- and finish a B
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10/19/2019 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 91 Points
7th/8th try this year: Tasted black fruits, blackcurrants, liquorice, with a slight tobacco / herbish finish. On the dry side. This is definitely in its drinking window. Enjoyed this again
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9/1/2019 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
6th/7th try this year: Nose of black fruits, vanilla, kirsch. Tasted black fruits, liquorice, with a slight tobacco and black tea finish. Slightly dry. Improved over the night with decanting. This is in a good place now. Open now
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8/26/2019 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
On an SQ flight to Sydney. A nice wine, starting to come around, but still a tad too young. The nose still had the sweetness of youth, with a streak of new oak drifting its way through ripe notes of cassis, blackberries and a nice savoury undertone of earth, meat and spicy tobacco notes. The palate was still framed by a very fine but firm structure of well-shaped tannins and chewy acidity that wove its way through thick, ripe flavours of cassis and dark berries. A tad large and modernly ripe for a Cos I thought, but there was otherwise a classic clarity and transparency to it that I enjoyed. The finish had a nice length to it, with a bit of a structural chew and then a nice drift of spice and smoke on the backpalate. Good with beef now, but will need plenty of time to really hit its stride.
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8/17/2019 - Decanthor Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wow...excellent! Agree with others...this is ready to drink now. Complex for a 2006. Fruit and earth in harmony. On the lighter side of full-bodied and more smooth than powerful. If the finish were a bit longer, this would be a 94-95. Decant for a bit of air and for sediment. Paired nicely with shredded stewed beef.
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8/12/2019 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank back-to-back with the 06 Montrose and while the Cos was a very nice and fairly easy drinking Bordeaux, I liked the Montrose a bit more. This is soft and round with dark fruits and some wood spices. Integrated tannins. Seems fully ready to drink. The Montrose had more depth but also seemed a more serious wine, perhaps not entirely ready but overall more profound
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8/9/2019 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
5th/6th try this year: Nose of black fruits, vanilla. Tasted black fruits, liquorice, with a slight tobacco finish. This is in a good place now. Open now
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8/2/2019 - tcarter Likes this wine: 93 Points
Quite good, but many many years ahead of this one. Cellar for a while if possible.
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7/27/2019 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 91 Points
3rd/4th try this year: Nose of black fruits, creme, blackcurrants, with earthy tertiaries. Tasted black fruits, mint leaves. Same as previous notes - Ok to open now but I would give this a few years to see where it goes.
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7/22/2019 - Winemaker51 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Was recommended as one of the better 2006 Bordeaux’s. This wine has improved from last tasting over a year ago. It’s in the drinkable window now. It does have that exotic Cos d’Estornel aroma; along with iron/rusty pipe, pencil lead, black fruits, some oak and Bavarian chocolate mint. Got better after 2 hours of decant and second pour from the glass. Mouth does give black fruits, exotic and very soft; low acid feel. Tannins are there; but thank goodness to compensate for low acidity. This wine is drinking beautifully now; and I wouldn’t hesitate. It’s not in a downward trajectory. However; I wouldn’t hesitate opening it up now. Slight garnet tones tells me it’s not for aging 3 years from now.
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7/16/2019 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points
2nd/3rd try this year: Bouquet of black fruits, creme, blackcurrants, with initial earthy tertiaries which developed into whiffs of cured meat and bread. Tasted cassis, black fruits, with black coffee bitterness and sourness on the finish and tinge of blueberries. After airing, the black fruits anchored and liquorice came out nicely. Finish of mint leaves, slight leather and black pepper, which coats the tongue. Tannins have mostly resolved. Slightly dry. This is generally easy drinking now - the complexity has yet to come through though. Ok to open now but I would give this a few years to see where it goes.
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6/1/2019 - richshoes wrote: 94 Points
A little disappointing. Opened it a little early as still tasting young and tight, still could use a few more years...seems like the flavor and structural complexity still bottled up...got better with time, and balanced out. Lot of coffee, some toffee, black currant and blackberry
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5/21/2019 - Raizes Likes this wine: 92 Points
黑色水果的成熟香气，烟熏檀香、肉桂巧克力，一点点皮革，开瓶之初桶的香气占据主角位置，需要很多时间才能得到平衡。酸度和单宁都会丰裕，如果不经历长时间的陈年或醒酒，喝起来会显得过于紧实。
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5/10/2019 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 90 Points
The great misfortune of this wine for me was to be in a tasting flight that included the 2016, 2015, 2014, 2010, 2008 and 2005. Next to most of those this was less balanced, with an over abundance of tar and pepper and not enough fruit (cassis most present) to offset. Tannins not tamed yet. This is still a very good wine but to me pales by comparison. Slightly angular, it is a wine for the mind rather than for exhilaration.
Score : 90. Relative to expectations: -
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3/3/2019 - Kwlharvey wrote:
Kel likes. Medium body. Oak taste quite subtle. Structured.
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2/8/2019 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Endearing bouquet of smokiness and dark chocolate, opening up to fresh cassis. Dark fruits, initial dark chocolate, almost coffee with seductive bitterness on the palate. There is depth and complexity, especially compared to the pontet 2008 which was drank alongside. Round, balanced and energetic. Graphite, slight earthy aftertaste which lingers. Ready to drink now but feel this will get better with more time. Feel this is better than the 2007.
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1/26/2019 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 95 Points
Excellent wine that would have lived years more yet. 13.5% alc. 2nd growth Bordeaux.
Colour: deep black berry
Bouquet: rich earthy, mint, leather, black fruits and olives, cereal, coffee
Palate: similar to bouquet, opens out to a big wine, balanced, dry and dusty, long finish, big soft puckers tannins. Black coffee and leather dominate other flavours. Nice drinking. So seamlessly smooth and yet potent.
January 2019
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1/12/2019 - Dandem Likes this wine: 96 Points
The perfect taste for me especially when you share with friends
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10/5/2018 - Limin7@gmail.com Likes this wine: 93 Points
Black fruits, earthy minerals, spices with big tannins and a not unpleasant bitterness that is likely from torched oak. Definitely can be aged longer.
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9/29/2018 - michael47 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Way too young to drink but has great potential. Delicious wine almost chewy with solid fruit/tannin/acid balance and long finish. Give it 5 years or more.
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9/28/2018 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 91 Points
Friends' Anniversary Dinner (Private Room, Caprice Restaurant, Four Seasons Hotel, Two IFC, Hong Kong): Magnum decanted several hours in advance. Totally opaque black-purple red colour. Nose is a BAM! of red briarberry and blackberry together with hints of typical Cos eastern spice. Gorgeous depth. Palate is beautifully structured, tons of fresh saliva inducing black and red currant fruit. Good structure and tension. A perfect-drinking restaurant wine right now although quite astringent and tannic with damson stone elements which means it needs hearty food. Has not developed much from when I drank it with the winemaker in 2009 and it needs a good few more years to properly unfurl.
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7/27/2018 - depechemoroder Likes this wine: 93 Points
Far too young, this is quite pure and primary at the moment, but shows great promise. Deep pure blackcurrant fruit, almost crystalline, there is a delicate creaminess to this. In the back there is charcoal and leather, that deep earthy quality that St Estephe expresses so beautifully in Cos. The tannins are relentless, the acidity quite pointed, but there is good balance here and a long expansive finish.
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7/26/2018 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 95 Points
Monthly Men's Wine Dinner (2120 Restaurant, Seattle): Pop and pour. Fine and high toned on the palate with grippy tannins, developing a fuller body after two hours so I would decant next time. Licorice, saddle leather, a touch of citrus at first that dissipated with air. A bit of coffee on the finish. This showed beautifully and makes me want to explore more 2006 Medocs. My WOTN and the group's #2 of 5.
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7/14/2018 - napasoutherner Likes this wine: 95 Points
Been holding on to this wine for about 8 years. Really special night to drink (Bastille Day). Long smooth nose of spice and earth with light floral notes. Some cocoa flavors but just pure romance and a beautiful finish.
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6/3/2018 - Indywinefan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Good wine. Long finish.
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5/12/2018 - RickyT12 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great time to drink this. Opened and let sit for 2 hours.
Amazing mix of fruit and perfume. I would say now is the time to drink this wine. Some of the secondary characters come out now, but also blueberry, and cream. Wonderful characteristic of worn leather as well. Very happy to have had this now.
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5/11/2018 - curtr Likes this wine:
Drinking well now with 1 hour decant. A very good vintage.
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5/4/2018 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 91 Points
Now at his top. I won’t wait longer than 5 years. 91
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4/8/2018 - soyhead wrote:
2nd time trying this in a week
nose- licorice, vegetal
mouth - powerful licorice, dark fruit spectrum, char, tannic, and has some elements of a digestif. Duane though it was like the '05 but 'on steroids'. more oomph than the prior bottle, and the power surprises me, but yet again, the elements strike me as lacking harmony. if you have this hold for 5 more years - hopefully with time it integrates
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4/6/2018 - soyhead wrote:
Nose - tobacco, hookah variant, syrup steeped, possibly apple
Mouth - still somewhat angular at age 12, graphite, cassis, tannic and mineral. This has all the elements but at the moment I’m not seeing them come together in harmony. Time? Bottle?
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3/29/2018 - Omar Khayyam wrote:
Sampling the December 8, 2017 new releases (små partier) from Systembolaget (Systembolaget, Stockholm): Very tight and with primary berry flavors still on the nose. On the palate there's licorice, fresh pipe tobacco, with amazingly fine grained tannins and long elegant finish with a firm grip. Has a lot more to give. Early days still. (91-93)
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3/20/2018 - IvanLi Likes this wine: 94 Points
Two things stand out when tasting this wine:
1. the level of accessibility and readiness for drinking at such an early (for a top quality left bank) stage.
2. the level of ripeness which seems to be almost new world like.
Incredible blackberries and plums as well as a touch of cassis and wet slate mark this hedonistic wine. Although never sweet this one seems like a dessert per se but would certainly pair well with stewed meats and pasta - pure yumm!
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3/20/2018 - Capt Cutlass Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is drinking really well now. Looks old - bricking verging on orange tints. Mouthfilling with supple tannins. Tastes ripe and rich whilst still retaining some freshness. Very quauffable but I wouldn't keep these any longer. Drink up!
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3/4/2018 - Argrath wrote: 88 Points
(Cos vertical, half-blind tasting)
Developed but a bit muted nose. Black currant, oak, mint and liquorice. Lacks depth.
Generous palate that is a bit too advanced (off-bottle?). Black fruit, Bdx-aromas, sweet liquorice, but also a bitter finish that underwhelms. Tannins more present than fruit.
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1/14/2018 - dron_ap wrote: 94 Points
Very very dark coloured. Very rich in the mouth at first. After an hour spices, herbs are staring to come out. After 2 hours it becomes a great bordeaux of a classic vintage with dark fruits, some pencil, cigar and wood. SHould come together in 5 years
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12/27/2017 - Kriz wrote: 94 Points
So young and full of potential but superbe now. Complex nose, like being in an old castle. Great palate: power, grip, fruit, tannins, leather, meat. Great finish, great wine!
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9/17/2017 - FrancoisD Likes this wine: 95 Points
Cos estou 2006
Cerises noires
Fougerc
Champignon
Graphite
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6/10/2017 - thierrynz wrote:
A combination of muted aromas and ripe, if not over-ripe fruit on palate. Blind I might have picked new world. Might be sleeping but the very modernist sheen on this worries me.
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3/24/2017 - Stadshagen Conoisseur Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drinks well, long aftertaste though a bit closed still. Earth, meat, red berries and leather.
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2/23/2017 - moods wrote: 91 Points
Cos d'Estournel Tasting (Waterford Wines, Milwaukee): Secondary aromas. Earthy, forest floor. Smoke, Fall aromas. Almost Burgundian! Smooth, well structured palate, full of fruit. Nicely ripe. Drinking beautifully right now.
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2/23/2017 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
THat smells great too. Smokey and dark but really complex and black fruited. With a cranberry high note drifting through it. But just opened.
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1/23/2017 - Fantomas Likes this wine: 92 Points
Considerably better than two days ago. Volatility continues. Beautiful and jammy red fruit, smooth attack and silky mouthful with good length. Strawberry, cinnamon, chocolate, some vanilla on the after-palate.
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1/21/2017 - Fantomas wrote: 88 Points
Struggling with the inconsistency of my impressions of this wine. Intrigued to resolve why the volatility is so high. If anybody has a similar impression, I'd appreciate a dialogue.
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1/1/2017 - John McCabe wrote: 92 Points
One of the most unusual Bordeaux I've had in a while - hard to describe. It's full of interesting savory and maybe herbal flavors but there's virtually no fruit. Intellectual is a word I'd use to describe it. Reminds me of the impression I've had with '09 Clos du Sarpe, which was more weird and wayward, but a similar profile. This was the first Cos d'Estournel Ive had and I'd be weary of trying again, especially at the price. This is a wine that's interesting to taste, but I was hard-pressed to make my way through the bottle over two days.
I tasted this alongside a '14 Ridge Petite Sirah, of all things, and the Ridge was the better wine, at <1/3 the price.
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12/24/2016 - phol wrote: 94 Points
Really nice , dark red , secondary tones are just starting to show, nice tannins, good structure drink now or keep
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12/11/2016 - Altino Likes this wine: 93 Points
Big wine. Rich, tannic and powerfull to reach the maturity ahead... (~10 years). 93 pts.
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11/23/2016 - Papies wrote: 90 Points
2006 Left Bank Red Bordeaux, with Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Dark in color, dense, glossy. Good rich feel to it, dark fruited, 78% Cab Sauv here, light spice, light herbal. Quite tight, full on tannic, very reserved at this stage and austere. Sweet tannin but a lot of it. Lots of it. This wine will need a good 10yrs a patience before it can become charming. Very similar to the Montrose 2006. 90 at best for now but the hope is there.
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11/22/2016 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 94 Points
The bouquet was dark and moody at first, then slowly opening to reveal a mix of red and black berry fruits, moist earth, minerals and hints of savory herbs. It displayed angular textures, which were perfectly offset by a pleasing wave of enveloping dark fruit and hints of licorice. Through it all, the '06 maintained a cool and lifted persona with balanced acidity, minerals and hints of mint lasting into the long, structured finish. A wine of contrasts, and I'm loving it.
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10/25/2016 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 93 Points
In the company of the "05 and '89, the '06 is holding its own in a big way. The bouquet was dark and moody at first, then slowly opening to reveal a mix of red and black fruits, moist earth, minerals and hints of savory herbs. It's angular textures were perfectly offset by a pleasing wave of enveloping dark fruit. Through it all, the '06 maintained a cool and lifted persona with balanced acidity, minerals and hints of mint lasting into the long, structured finish. A wine of contrasts, and I'm loving it.
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10/24/2016 - Hawk94 Likes this wine: 96 Points
This wine is fabulous! A classic Bordeaux! Smooth is a key word. Dark ruby red, still very fresh, lovely bouquets with lots of crushed black berries, blue berries, dates, currants, cedar box, super concentrated but so smooth tannins, prefectly balanced with just right amount of acidity, there are so much nuances going on and on, layers after layers, feels like palate coated with dark chocolate after just eating fresh strawberries, the finish is just long and smooth. It is a WOW wine.
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10/20/2016 - walkerjfw wrote:
Wine Spectator, NY Wine Experience Grand Tasting...more wines than time...shorter notes (NY City): This wine not showing well at the tasting, may not have been given enough time to open or the wine just may be in a closed phase?
Did pick up some black fruits, licorice, spices and minerality on the plate. I found the wine a little stringent and short on the finish. Cos D'Estorunel is a wine that has been consistent (in my experience), this may need another 5+ years of bottle age to come together. Would revisit in future years, no rating at this point
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10/18/2016 - Edeon Likes this wine: 88 Points
Really disappointing considering the price. Bested by a 2013 NZ red at 1/4 the price.
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8/8/2016 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 93 Points
Har inte hänt mycket sedan jag provade det senast. Kraftfull mogen frukt, kaffe, läder, choklad, tobak och relativt kraftfulla tanniner.
Låt det ligga ytterligare några år.
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7/6/2016 - il_diavolo wrote: 93 Points
Black ripe fruit, bit of vanilla, new world feel. Not very bordeaux like, but a sexy wine to drink.
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7/1/2016 - BenBlu wrote:
Wow, must be my unlucky day. After a 1990 cos which was not in top form this too showed ackwardly. I remember having this wine a year back and falling in love instantly and ordering a case. This bottle was nowhere near that experience. Cork was quite soaked, especially for a wine that age, almost to the top. There just was not that much there, similar to the 1990, although there was not obvious flaw. Strange. Given this is one of my favourite chateaux usually I am a bit perplexed... Not rated.
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5/25/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
Dark in color, but there is some lightening at the rim of the glass taking place, coupled with concentration of flavor, ripe, but firm tannins, layers of sweet, ripe, fresh, black fruits, minerality and spice, there is a lot to like about this wine. That being said, it's not ready for its prime time debut. Give it another 5 years before you pop a cork, if you can wait that long.
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5/24/2016 - Kris G wrote: 91 Points
still a bit on the young side, promising potential and structure, 91+
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5/21/2016 - Mathijs81 Likes this wine:
Brought to monthly tasting and was put next to Pagodes 2006.
Approx. 3x the price of the 2nd label, but much more value for money.
As this was pop and pour, the wine needed a few hours to open.
Tasted better during the 2nd passing then it did during the 1st.
Still not the best of Cos I've tasted so far - for me the 1998/1999 outperforms it.
Presume a more dull phase, or actual decanting should have done it ??
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4/8/2016 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote: flawed
Corked!
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3/19/2016 - Collector1855 wrote: 93 Points
Cos d'Estournel vertical - Check in on some recent vintages; 8/1/2016-9/3/2016: During a Merchant tasting. Medium-dark purple, still quite young in color. The nose is muted, the wine still closed. Coaxing aromas of dark fruit lots of chocolate, forest floor. On the palate this is tight and young. Not unpleasant but the wine has an extracted feeling to it like some of the modern Pomerols. I don't think it is beyond the point where it will prevent the structure to be pleasant once mature but for now this is a clear wait for me. Drink after 2018.
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2/11/2016 - Hoots Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still very young, needed a 12-18 hour decant so used the aerator. Lots of coffee and very smooth if not still very tight, think this needs another 5 years at least before everything comes together.
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2/8/2016 - nzinkgraf wrote:
Dark black fruit aromas. Coffee and toasty to the nose. Red and black berry fruit salad nose. Silky texture to the palate, lots of potpourri on the palate too. Rainwater nose and palate. Medium plus body. A good level of complexity all around.
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1/18/2016 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 93 Points
15 Vintages of Cos d'Estournel (Ripple - Washington, DC): Very similar nose to the 2008 but a bit more earth and spice. Rich and opulent with firm, chewy tannins and light acid. Concentrated but some silkiness starting to appear. Lovely earth, eucalyptus and sweet spice accents to dark currant fruit. Promising, but still very young.
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1/18/2016 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
Cos d'Estournel Vertical with Aymeric de Gironde (Ripple Restaurant in DC): In between the 04 and 08 in development, most coffee note of the night. Roasted black fruits, cassis, coffee, mocha, ash, lead pencil and earth. Good concentration, silky and polished., nicely layered fruits, sweet tannins and harmonious long finish. Drinking nicely in very primary way.
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12/25/2015 - dase13 wrote: 92 Points
Color of medium red. Scents of black and red fruit with a little herbalness. Tastes of black fruit, red fruit and definitely some earthyness in the background and definitely not very tannic.
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11/8/2015 - MEKWINE Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanter Masterclass 8 November 2015, with Dimitri Augenblick. Dark fruits, white pepper, minty and chalky on the palate. More approachable and easier than 2005, I'd say less character. Not aggressive acidity.
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10/11/2015 - FrancoisD Likes this wine: 90 Points
Ouvre sur les petits fruits, tendance confiture.
Une certaine astringence sur la mi-bouche.
Puis, une pointe florale et minérale ressort.
Me semble trop jeune.
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8/29/2015 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
Medium-dark ruby. Many people guessed Medoc here. Nose of underbush, earth, blue fruit, classic. Great palate too combining, freshness structure and fruit into a fine combo. Soft tannins. I prefer these kinds of Cos both to the leaner ones of the 80ie and 90ies but also to the overripe 2009.
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7/24/2015 - EyeDoc wrote:
Last bottle for me. This is simply never going to be a great wine because the fruit is not ripe enough. Even if you give it 20 years the tannin will mellow but never have that sweet finish. Having said that - this has a tremendous bouquet - decent fruit - more plum and dark fruits - a nice long finish. It was well received at the table.
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7/14/2015 - Mlermontov wrote: 93 Points
LBTG - with Alan hosting: Young...but already showing class. Pencil, cassis, blackberry. the color is dark and rich. ripe but oh so polished and balanced. Tons of savory notes in the mid. the back is still very tannic. with time - clamped down even more. needs time. but likely to develop into an excellent BDX.
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6/3/2015 - irish95 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nice wine, but pretty shutdown at this point. Put it down for a long time.
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4/26/2015 - barryjkeller@gmail.com Likes this wine:
Loved it. Should have written notes at the time. I felt ( unlike many) it did need decanting, 2 hours min. The tannins became so less obvious and more integrated. Beautiful fruit. Next bottle wait 2 years min 12 years of age onwards would be.
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4/4/2015 - johnh1001 wrote: 92 Points
Dark color. Deep nose of coffee, smoke, chocolate and dark fruit. This carried through to the rich, round and surprisingly approachable palate. Nice balance and medium finish.
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3/26/2015 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 96 Points
Tasted single blind - my guess was from the nose St Estephe, the palate showed blueberries, tobacco leaf, vanilla, leather, earth and spice. Beautiful and beat Monrose 2005 for me in this blind lineup. Seriously thinking of buying a case. I agree with other comments here, let breath from bottle no need to decant. This sample was from coravin and left in glass for half an hour.
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3/21/2015 - civilmatt Likes this wine: 94 Points
Upon open, fruity on the front, earthy/dirty on the finish. after 1-1.5hr of being open everything started to integrate and harmonize. Seamless as fruit and earth were elegant and balanced. Do not decant.
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3/11/2015 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank from a 375ml half bottle.
Deep and dark core, purple / dark red at the edges. Slow to medium legs. Chocolate dominates the nose and palette. Still some oak which could integrate better with more time. Full bodied. Tannic.
Built to last. I wouldn't touch for another 5 years. Drink 2020-2035
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3/1/2015 - similan wrote: 94 Points
Let breath in bottle for an hour. I would not do one second more. Great sharp, complex wine. Lucious flavor, what I love about bordeaux. Changed dramatically over the course of dinner( Duck with berebere spice and mulberry glaze). Mellowed out, almost too much for my paticular taste. Luckily for me we loved in so much that my wife and I drank it before it could get anything close to boring. It really went perfectly sith the spicy, fatty duck.
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10/25/2014 - Motz wrote: 97 Points
Tasted over three days, blind on the first and third; had it for the highest quality Barbaresco both times. This is the most unique Bordeaux I have ever tasted. The bouquet featured rose petals, spice, and tar notes, along with 'sweet' pipe tobacco, floral elements, and herbs. Bordeaux funk and meatiness were all but absent, though gravel and graphite were present. Incredible refinement on the palate, tremendous harmony, smooth. Piercing attack. Rounded, bracing, and rich mid palate. Barolo and Barbaresco-like, fine-grained tannins, truckloads of them, come out to play, accompanied by strong crème de cassis and spice notes. Long, luxurious finish, of mind-bending complexity and depth. An exceptional wine. Tasted this alongside thirty other wines, at least ten of them highly renowned, and this showed the best, especially on the second and third days. Further accolades escape me.
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10/24/2014 - olddominion wrote: 95 Points
Stellar. Outstanding and a joy to experience. A powerful, yet elegant Bordeaux that shows its roots and is damn proud of it. This wine hit me from so many directions that I got confused. So much going on here, from the earthiness, to the backbone. Find it. Buy it.
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10/22/2014 - galenico Likes this wine: 94 Points
MASTER AIS BORDEAUX; 10/22/2014-11/30/2014 (HOTEL WESTIN PALACE MILANO): Degustato alla cieca. ( 78% Cabernet Sauvignon - 20% Merlot - 2% Cabernet Franc). 80% legno nuovo.
Parte cupo, compresso e quasi impenetrabile. Il registro si sintonizza sulle spezie tostate, foglie secche abbrustolite, funghi secchi e molta polvere di caffè. Poi goudron, asfalto e catrame.
La parte fruttata è meno in evidenza, per lasciare spazio a toni più organici, quasi di foie gras caramellato.
Scalda le narici, con potenza alcolica quasi focosa, sembra già masticabile al naso, mi fa venire in mente una bruschetta tostata alle melanzane.
Naso davvero affascinante, adulto e molto aristocratico.
Al palato è energico, grintoso, ma allo stesso tempo molto soffice e a fuoco. A centro bocca torna fortissimo l' amaro del caffè. Colpisce l' ampiezza con cui si espandono l' acidità e la trama tannica e fanno aumentare a mille la salivazione.
Elegantissimo, lunghissimo e ampio, ti sazia.
Un grande rosso da aperitivo o da meditazione, non richiede quasi il cibo, tanto è masticabile.
Peccato per il tannino ancora un pò troppo asciungante, ma la spinta dinamica è imbarazzante.
Da aspettare 5-10 anni, ma già da oggi emozionante
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8/30/2014 - ledwards wrote: 96 Points
Outstanding powerful, and precise tannins. Impressive backbone which is impressive and enjoyable today but can carry this wine for decades. Charcoal and pencil lead are dominant but balanced with pure, elegant fruit. No doubt this will continually be re-rated higher over the coming years. Worth seeking out.
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8/30/2014 - Fantomas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Divine. I must get my hand on more bottles of this vintage.
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8/1/2014 - Rezy13 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Friday Night Double Blind Semi-Mondo $80+ (Bin 75): Very dark opaque core with thin dull garnet rim; blue cheese, coffee, beef stock, red currant, vanilla, green pepper, violets; strong tannin, good fruit, green pepper; modern but very good.
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7/10/2014 - Sundbyberg wrote: 92 Points
Surprisingly open and with quite dark fruit, cedar, smooth and with smooth tannins. Medium bodied. Day 2-4: A lot softer, rather light and elegant, but a little bit out of focus and slightly short.
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3/22/2014 - Coffeecup wrote: 90 Points
Way too young. 3 hour decant was not enough. Infanticide. Do not open. Or if you choose to do so decant for a hours and hours and hours.....
This will be an amazing wine if you let it age.
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3/21/2014 - Fantomas wrote: 85 Points
Underwhelming at this stage. Dark ruby colour, nearly purple. Nice nose of cedar and violet. On the palate smooth, yet neither tannins nor fatness lived up to expectations. Rather limited scope and depth of blackcurrant with hints of licorice and a slightly jammy texture. Medium length. I wonder whether there is much potential left. The tannins have smoothened already yet the body has not yet fully formed. Nice but not up to expectations.
To avoid criticism on this page by fellow members: I try to honestly use the full scale of rating for my own reference. I realized that the average slowly seems to drift towards 90+ wines. To be perfectly honest: I can see good as good and very good as very good so excellent and outstanding wines remain the exception and their rating lives up to the true meaning of the word.
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12/21/2013 - EyeDoc wrote: 91 Points
Drinking better than I would expect at this early age. Quite nice. More red fruits than black. A bit simple but in balance.
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10/25/2013 - Bandreas wrote: 82 Points
Tasted at the New york Wine Experience 2013
Medium dense garnet color, lightening at the rim
cedar and tar on the nose - surprisingly round for a St. Estephe of this age.
On palate first quite round and mellow, though a bit on the thin side, then comes tannin.My wife says: It's peppery.
For me a bit on the thin + watery side. Difficult to judge.
On the whole I am not so terribly enthused about this Chateau.
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10/11/2013 - astroman wrote:
Not much going on. on the 2nd day of opening
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10/11/2013 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Sweet and rich and very Cos, and very well done.
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6/18/2013 - quaglia wrote: 90 Points
Bordeaux Vinexpo 2013 (Saint Estephe/Sauternes/Pomerol) (Bordeaux (F)): Brick red, with pinkish rim. Dried flowers hints at nose, then liquorice and ripe red fruits. Powerful when entering mouth, but more alcohol than fruit. Great texture, tannic, almost peppery. Long finish, but not great acidity.
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4/26/2013 - CWang wrote: 93 Points
After tasting 3 glasses of this wine, I immediately decided to get a few bottles for my cellar; already very good at this young age, with lots of potential ahead; 92-93 points for now; a solid Château Cos d'Estournel wine that will probably reach 95+ easily near its maturity; can't wait to enjoy this beautiful and delicious wine again in 5-6 years; perhaps side by side with a first growth wine from a good vintage.
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3/21/2013 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 93 Points
Provade det här vinet redan när det släpptes för ca 3 år sedan. Då var det ett väldigt kraftfullt vin med mycket tanniner men samtidigt väldigt tillgängligt då det var mycket frukt som vägde upp det.
Fick det nu i en blindprovning. Var väldigt slutet och tanninrikt och hade inte alls samma kraft i frukten. Kommer att behöva tid för att hitta balansen. Hade även en del peppartoner som jag inte alls noterade tidigare, vilket gjorde att jag inte alls gissade på en left bank.
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3/21/2013 - Ramberg wrote: 92 Points
Great potential in this Cos.
It opened up and came along quite nicely during the evening, while opening up in the glass.
Decanted for almost 6 hours, but in a too small pitcher, so tight as a drum.
Some menthol and smoky notes on the nose.
Dense and tight with harsh young tannins, dense fruit and some vanilla hints on the finish.
My conclusion are that this is way, way to young at this point, and should require another 5 + years to start maturing and come around to show itself.
Points for tonight performance.
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11/25/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
Annual Grand Cru Tasting (Wijnhandel De Gouden Leeuw, Voorschoten, NL): A noble wine, will need time to show its real class, but has a wonderful composition, all the elements are there.
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11/20/2012 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful and luxurious bouquet with smoke, cedar, cigar box and cassis. The same luxury on the palate. Beautiful wine with a lot of future. Wait at least until 2018.
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9/26/2012 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Just a few notes written down. Beautiful bouquet with a touch of pleasant barnyard, coffee and luxurious oak. A somewhat sweet start, beautiful acidity and soft tannin. Also some bell peppers. This wine is still so youthful, but already showing its luxuriousness a bit. My score of 94 includes in this case some of the potential, because I believe around 2020 this will be a real beauty showing even more complexity and finesse
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9/22/2012 - jkoenen wrote: 91 Points
Cos-Montrose Battle (Restaurant Bottles, Sas van Gent): Sweet, seductive, kirsch, chocolate, christmas pudding. Youthful, some overripeness, slightly bitter aftertaste. 17.5-18/20
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9/7/2012 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:
This was our third wine of the evening with our dinner at French Laundry. Enjoyed out of the 1/2 bottle. Decanted for 2 hours and ready to consume. Dark fruit with forrest notes complimented the wagyu steak. I've not had much of this label but I am familiar with it and was suprised at the warmth and moderness of this wine. Quite beautiful and approachable at this young age.
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5/29/2012 - PC73 wrote:
Another powerful wine. Deep in colour. Lots of wood and brambles on the nose. licorice on the palate. Way too early to think about drinking this. 2017+?
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5/1/2012 - noppakit s. wrote: 94 Points
Decanted for 2 hours and much better than I expected.
Cloning of 2005 style, modern but very nice in nosing, mild earth, clean mud, fruits, wood, fragrant.
Good balance and delicious. I drink along with Mouton 2003 and feel like it's the same level of wine.
Finish is also very good.
The Promising.
Thanks to Pond, this bottle changes my mind. I should buy some.
Drink now - 2035................93-95+/100
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5/1/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
Perfectly balancing tannic, structure and power, with opulent, refined textures and ripe fruit, there is a lot to like in this cassis, spice, blackberry, smoke, licorice and earthy wine. If you can wait, and you should, give it until at least 2016 before popping a cork.
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4/26/2012 - RayOB wrote: 92 Points
Goedhius Bordeaux Cru Classe Tasting (Saatchi Gallery): Nose of cherries, cassis, vanilla and earth. Still quite closed with a lot of tannins there. Medium length. Come back in 5 years.
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4/2/2012 - Periko wrote: 92 Points
Tasting event with Artadi's Juan Carlos Lopez de Lacalle (Monvinic (Barcelona)): Opened for 90 min. Medium ruby color. Perfumed nose: Strawberries, vanilla, rose petals, elegant and a bit primary though. On palate flavours of fresh red fruit coulis, cassis, strawberries, medium bodied, elegant, herbaceous, a bit dry and some astringency but not as much as expected. Medium finish. I liked this quite a lot although I was expecting a bit more power or tannicity.On palate was quite enjoyable and ready but probably lacking the complexity ageing may provide. Very nice overall. 92+
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12/25/2011 - Grape Stuff wrote: 91 Points
Decanted 4 hours. No formal notes. Great fruit notes, red fruit, oak notes...needs at least 5 more years.
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12/17/2011 - Zweder wrote: 93 Points
Still locked, but shows beautiful complexity in the bouquet. See previous notes. Today I was a little disappointed about the body, but the wine was popped and poured and I had only one taste, so it might be the stage the wine is in right now. Scored it a point less this time, but give it until 2018 - 2020. It'll probably be a feast by then. 93++
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9/5/2011 - NomadicEntrepreneur wrote: 92 Points
Good, complex and ready to drink
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8/19/2011 - Fugu Me wrote: flawed
Second bottle from the same retailer that showed significant seepage and was damaged. Strongly suspect they have a bad case on their hands.
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8/15/2011 - Fugu Me wrote: flawed
Showed signs of significant seepage. Wine was oxidized.
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4/8/2011 - Blue Shorts wrote:
Way, way, way, too young. Popped and poured.... alcoholic grape juice. Then.... Poured into decanter through vinturi. First glass better. Still closed, but exhiibiting some nice flavors or casis, blackberry and cigar. Needs YEARS more time in the cellar, but I'm glad that I tried it..... Now I know to wait. No score for now.
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3/21/2011 - matisne wrote:
way too young right now - needs 4/5 hours decanting at least. See you in 2016.
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3/18/2011 - stevenjstein Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very dark fruit, with great structure. Still pretty tannic. Definitely too young right now, but should get better as it mellows out.
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1/29/2011 - GrapeScott wrote: 94 Points
Drank over 4 days, and showing its best on day 4. Initially, I would not have pegged this for a Cos, or even a St. Estephe. I have heard of Cos' change of style beginning around 2001, and my previous most recent experience has been with vintage 1995, so I am more of a fan of 'old-school' Cos ('82, '83, '88, '89, '94, '95). However, the terroir began to show through by days 3-4, with earthy blackberry, black currant, bittersweet chocolate, and mocha flavors to go with a luxurious midpalate, firm but caressing tannins, and long lingering finish. The oak, though noticeable, showed more prominently with some vanilla on the nose and entry by days 3-4, but was not obtrusive, and well integrated. Yes, this appears to be a bigger, riper, style of Cos, but the underlying elements are there, and I have faith that this will develop into a very lovely wine with some patience.
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12/8/2010 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Monthly Tasting Group HWS #053; Expensive and 93+ Parker Points (By BS & JH): Completely locked at the moment, but wow, this is a great wine! Thick cassis juice and a lot of vanilla from luxurious oak. Cassis, coffee, laurel, firm but round tannin and good bitterness in the finish. Do not drink this before 2018. A few years later might be even better. I am sure this will be one of the great classical Bdx wines in the 2020s. 94+
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12/5/2010 - METRIK wrote: 91 Points
After many hours of vigorous swirling and decanting, the oak mellowed out a bit to reveal some nice tones of dark fruit, sweet tomato and tobacco and spices on the palate. The nose was very barbecue sauce-ish (if you will) on the nose. I have a few bottles of this, so I decided to test the juice..... This will be rewarding when it comes together.
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10/28/2010 - wino_tim wrote: 90 Points
Made in a modern, toasty style with prominent caramel, cafe au lait, raspberry and currant flavors. This needs time to integrate its wood, but shows reasonably well now, with a fine, sleek mouthfeel, medium body and fine tannins.
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9/9/2010 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 87 Points
My initial take on the nose was a lot of big, modern fruit... quite surprised by how "new world" this was coming across with the initial impression. Don't get me wrong, there's definitely delicious fruit here, but it's modern. There is some earthiness here as well, which does balance some of that fruit; certainly not a bomb. Slight hint of alcohol, slight funk, and light minerality. The very first thing I noticed on the mouth was a slight hint of heat, and a ton of wood. Really grippy wood tannins on the palate. The wood tannins carry deep into the finish, feeling like I just chewed on a 2x4. There's hardly any acidity throughout this wine which really bothers me. In fact, the finish winds up going completely flat after I swallow... nothing rises up at all. It's like I just put a band-aid on my tongue so that I couldn't taste, then chewed on a bunch of sawdust. There's no flavors left on the finish, just this wood feeling. The structure here will mellow with age, but I don't think the wood tannins are ever going to come into balance with the lack of real fruit and acidity, and I doubt it's ability to turn into something worth following for decades.
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9/9/2010 - gripNsip wrote: 89 Points
This is a tough one, the wine gives off many great flavors on the nose, stinky forest floor, cowpie, dark cherries, rotten wood. The nose smells awesome in my opinion. The palate though is a bit of a letdown, initially the wine is very soft and delicious, somewhere right after the mid-palate though the wine shows very sharp wood tannins that completely wreck the finish. There is no fruit or flavor in the heavily tannic wood finish. ("this is like licking hard wood" LOOOOOL) Drank beside a 2006 Ducru-Beaucaillou, this wasn't near as composed or integrated. Will this ever come together? My wine-geek friends weren't sure.
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8/20/2010 - JimHow wrote: 88 Points
This was a pretty unimpressive wine. I kept swirling and swirling the glass-- for hours, literally-- I kept waiting for it to come around, and it never did. I wondered if maybe the bottle was damaged, and it didn't seem to be. I wondered if it was too young-- well, sure, it was young-- I've had many a young wine-- this was weak and thin, an unimpressive nose, the nose came around a bit after about five hours, but it was still very thin on the palate. I dunno, based on all the 93+ scores I've read everywhere, maybe I'm wrong and everyone else is right. But, no, I think everyone else is wrong, in their Parker sycophancy.... Was it "terrible"? Of course not. It's an eighty-eight-pointer. Just thin in the middle... and the beginning, and the end, for that matter....
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3/9/2010 - hutch wrote: 93 Points
Store Four Cooking Demo (Store Four): Probably WOTN for me. Easily had the best structure of all the wines. Still needs quite a few years, but is already delicious. Complex, medium bodied wine with quite a few tannins. Big rich Bordeaux. 92-94
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1/27/2010 - Rob MacKay wrote: 93 Points
Yes, yes.. I know this was opened way too early but I just couldn't resist getting a little peak at my favorite Bordeaux from the year of our anniversary. At this early stage, the wine is showing as expected. Young, slightly tannic, but very well structured. The nose has hints of what should develop into a great, earthy, St. Estephe funk. Fruit on the palate is deep, dark, and pure and the tannins, while certainly present, are softer then I expected. I look forward to having this wine to celebrate our 5th, 10th and 15th anniversaries.
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1/23/2010 - Steve Brickley wrote: 93 Points
Drinking surprising well right now for such a youngster. The tanins will clam with at least five+ more years of cellaring.
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1/23/2010 - Tao wrote: 95 Points
Young, fresh, tannic and really showing its class! I thought I was tasting a first growth, tremendous amounts of dark fruits, hitting all the cylinders, superb wine making technique and yet retain the perfect balance. It will be a great wine without doubt.
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12/28/2009 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote: 93 Points
Flowers and minerals over light blackfruit
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12/13/2009 - beau11 wrote: 94 Points
For such a young bordeaux this was drinking beautifully. Very fresh with great balance
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12/4/2009 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Complex bouquet with e.g. cassis, vanilla, caramel and luxurious toasted oak. Same in the mouth. Beautiful soft tannin and a finish that keeps on going. Great wine with a good future. 94+
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10/27/2009 - ews3 wrote: 94 Points
Zachys Fall 2009 Food & Wine Extravaganza (The Lighthouse at Pier Sixty (NYC)): more red fruit showing on this than I remember, raspberry, red cherry. also an interesting rhubarb note. med(+) drying tannins and a long tannic finish.
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10/22/2009 - ews3 wrote: 94 Points
2009 Wine Spectator NYWE Grand Tasting (Marriott Marquis, Times Square, NYC): nice black fruit profile, with some dark chocolate & coffee character. medium(+), coating finish really makes this special
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10/12/2009 - igaf wrote:
Dark, looks quite young. Very intense aroma up to being nearly intrusive: mostly leather, bacon, wet leaves with a fresh note and some red berries. Very interesting, multi-layered palate, noble, but with not too much of fruit, quite tannic. Tobacco, minerals, herbs. Rather long. Tobacco, chocolate, liquorice in the aftertaste.
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7/9/2009 - Goldstone wrote: 92 Points
Cos d'Estournel Wine Dinner with Valentine Labarthe (The Pawn, Hong Kong): Opaque purple but surprisingly lightened at the edge. Nose is completely primary: boxwood and not much else. Lovely very sweet and fruity on the palate....lots of mocha on the back end. Great structure and balance.....a big wine. This has all the elements to become a great wine. Apparently, 2006 was a very low-yeilding year where selection was uncompromising. Very impressive indeed.
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6/28/2009 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
This is dark ruby in color with an exciting, spicy, cassis and blackberry filled nose. The wine offers a big, juicy mouthful of ripe fruit, but, the tannins are big in style. The black fruit filled finish with a hint of raspberry tones is a large, full bodied wine. But, the style of the tannins make it seem like it will take a long time to come around.
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5/9/2009 - ews3 wrote: 92 Points
Wine Spectator Grand Tour 2009 (Borgata -- Atlantic City, NJ): blsck currant, clove, black and white pepper. medium(+) tannins. tight.
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4/17/2009 - sfqwino wrote: 92 Points
Cos d'Estournel Masterclass: Dark purple colour. A very expressive nose of liqorice, incense, caramel toffee, pain grille, anise and other spice. Good fruit concentration and structure for aging. An infant now, but has a lot going in the wine that hints a promising future.
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2/21/2009 - europat55 wrote: 89 Points
Has kind of a brie cheese smell. Very soft finish.
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11/22/2008 - Wrighty wrote: 88 Points
Decanter Fine Wine Encounter (Landmark Hotel, London): Red colour with a hint of blue. More intensity than the 06 Pagodes. Oak comes through on the nose. Palate is tight, slight dryness - intensity on finish
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10/19/2008 - aof wrote: 95 Points
La Fete du Bordeaux- 2006 Bordeaux Vintage (Chicago Wine Company, Ritz-Calton.): Explosive bouquet of berries, tobacco and licorice. Impressively harmonious with a lovely fruit core. Elegant, yet powerful wine with a memorable finish. Just superbly weighted. This surpassed the 2000 Cos served in the same flight and rivals many first growth on this showing. Easily the best young Bordeaux I've tasted.
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