2010 Cos d'Estournel***
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Like Pagodes this is a wonderfully effortless wine which belies huge concentration. Like Ch Margaux this is subtle and descreet and with terrific energy. Very black fruit but importantly, no prune. High-toned and really fruity at the end. Pure, fresh and lovely and long. This is a great Cos and a magnificent understanding of the vintage by Jean-Guillaume Pratts.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Stands head and shoulders above the 2009 at this point, here you get the creaminess and power of a great vintage, with tannins that head towards monster-territory, and yet there is real delicacy and hidden complexity here, gorgeous quality, brilliant stuff, exoistc, incense , cinnamon; 100% new oak.
The 2010 Château Cos D'Estournel is based on 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and the rest Petit Verdot that was pulled from just 55% of the total production and aged in 80% new French oak. Hitting 14.5% natural alcohol, this still dense purple-hued beauty offers extraordinary notes of blackcurrants, unsmoked tobacco, graphite, freshly sharpened pencils, and chocolate. Full-bodied, massively concentrated, and flawlessly balanced on the palate, it has building tannins, a skyscraper-like mouthfeel that opens up with time in the glass, and a great, great finish. Made in a much more focused, precise, and structured style compared to the more flamboyant 2009, it needs another 7-8 years of bottle age and will be a 50, 60, if not 75+ year wine.