1981 Château Cos Labory

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 92 points

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  10/26/2021 - forceberry wrote: flawed

  The bottle was opened and slow-oxed for five and half hours prior to the tasting, then aerated in a decanter for about 30 minutes. The indicative blend is about 2/3 Cabernet Sauvignon, 1/3 Merlot and a little bit (5-10%) of Cabernet Franc. Aged in French and American oak barriques (about 35-40% new). Tasted blind.
  
  Aged, somewhat translucent brick-red color. Savory, very evolved and slightly dull nose with somewhat musty nose that might be a slightly mildewy note of TCA or just some dusty bottle stink combined with slightly unclean fruit. There's a bit of earth and something animale, but very little in the way of fruit. The wine feels dry, dull and earthy on the palate with flavors of dusty earth, some leafy tones, a little bit of sous-bois and a mildewy hint of something that might be TCA. High in acidity with quite light yet somewhat angular tannins. The finish is dull, flat and earthy with flavors of dusty old house, some leafy herbaceous notes, a little bit of damp earth and a touch of tired, slightly pruney fruit.
  
  This was a divisive wine - some (me included) argued that the wine was just slightly corked, while others argued it was just of poor-quality fruit and the wine suffered from both bottle stink and too much of age. Whatever the case was, the wine wasn't particularly enjoyable anymore. It's hard to assess whether we had an off bottle or if this was representative of the vintage, but in any case it seems the wine is already past its peak.

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  10/3/2020 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Medium deep garnet, some edge fading. Very deep, dark nose, with blackberry, coffee, cinnamon, and peaty aromas. Some grippy tannins, quite a high alcohol burn, with flavours of ripe blackberry, cassis, toast, vanilla, and burnt peat. A fair length, and good complexity

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