Château COS D’ESTOURNEL 2021

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Yves Beck 97-98 points www.yvesbeck.wine
64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot
Beaucoup de finesse, de précision et de sens du détail dans le bouquet de Cos. Il parvient à créer une excellente symbiose entre des nuances florales, mentholées, du bois de réglisse, du cassis frais et des notes poivrées. L’attaque souligne le côté serein du vin ; il se révèle avec délicatesse avant de mettre en évidence la puissance de ses tannins qui assurent l’ampleur tout en finesse. Ce Cos est le résultat d’un véritable travail d’orfèvre, tant à la vigne qu’en cave durant les vinifications et les extractions. Quand puissance, élégance et précision créent une telle symbiose, tout est réuni pour souligner la notion de grand vin ! Quelle magnifique réussite.  2027-2056

Jean-Marc Quarin 96 www.quarin.com
Couleur sombre et profonde. Nez intense, fin, très fruité et puissant. Ample à l’attaque, juteux en milieu de bouche et très plein pour l’année, le vin évolue puissant et profond sur des tannins enrobés, avec beaucoup de persistance dans la saveur. Assemblage : 64 % cabernet sauvignon, 30 % merlot, 4 % cabernet franc, 2 % petit verdot. Degré d’alcool : 12°74 – pH : 3,79. IPT : 77. Rendement : 35 hl/ha. Vendanges du 23 septembre au 7 octobre.

Neal Martin 93-95 points www.vinous.com
The 2021 Cos d’Estournel has an attractive nose, more complex than the Pagodes (as you would expect), graphite and subtle cigar box scents permeating the black fruit and the Cabernet Sauvignon more expressive at this stage vis-à-vis the Merlot. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins. One of the most velvety Cos d’Estournel wines I have encountered at this stage, though linear and strict on the saline finish. This is old-school in some ways, and a bit grumpy in its youth – a wine that will oblige cellar aging. A Saint-Estèphe for the patient among you. (12.74% alcohol)

William Kelley 94-95 points www.erobertparker.com
The 2021 Cos d’Estournel is very promising, offering up rich aromas of dark berries, plums, exotic spices, loamy soil and rose petals, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless palate that’s impressively vibrant and concentrated, with powdery tannins, bright acids and a long, penetrating finish. Only 53% of the production made it into the grand vin, and the blend is 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Technical director Dominique Arangoïts reports that Cos was spared by frost and coulure at flowering, harvesting between September 23 and October 4, and fermenting a touch hotter than has been the case in recent years, at around 28-29 degrees Celsius.

Antonio Galloni 94-96 points www.vinous.com
The 2021 Cos d’Estournel is a wine of real breadth and volume. It is also quite a departure from recent vintages in that strong Cabernet aromatics are very much front and center. Cedar, tobacco, dried herbs, menthol and licorice lend notable complexity to the bouquet. I expect the 2021 will need time to be at its best. Cos is usually much more alluring in its youth than the reticent but hugely promising 2021.

Georgina Hindle 95 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022)
Super rich dark berries on the nose, fragrant and seductive, this draws you in both from the nose and colour with a deep, inky purple and pink tone. Charming and lively, this is sophisticated with a minty, fresh, high-toned fruit profile that is poised and focussed, delivering each element in a straight line right now. Not so expansive but layered vertically with tobacco, coffee, dark chocolate and vanilla notes alongside bramble fruits. It’s tightly packaged but so refined, elegant and classy. One to watch for sure. 2% Petit Verdot completes the blend. Drinking Window 2027 – 2050