2021 Chateau Cos d'Estournel Blanc - Bordeaux Blanc AC

Decanter.com – 94 pts – GH: *Green apple skin, gooseberry and soft floral nuances. Lovely juicy core, high but balanced acidity gives the life while the toasted, quite bitter (grapefruit, orange, wood) elements come in towards the mid palate giving extra layers of nuance and depth and interest. It's not complete yet but good potential. Feels clean and precise and well worked. Maybe loses a touch of push and persistence on the finish, but there's nice purity and vibrancy from start to finish.* - 12/2023

Falstaff Magazin – 95 pts – PM: *Helles Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Zarte Reduktionsnuancen nach Feuerstein und Grapefruitzesten, ein Hauch von weißem Pfirsich, Limetten und mineralische Nuancen, zart nach Holunderblüten. Komplex, feine Fruchtsüße, lebendiger Säurebogen, feine Note von gelbem Apfel im Abgang, verfügt über Frische und Länge, sicheres Reifepotenzial.* - 05/2022

Vinum Magazin – 17/20pts: *Saftig und frisch, besonders fruchtig, gut gemacht, erfreulich mit seinem Ausklang von Akazie und seiner salzig-mineralischen Spitze.* - 08/2021

WeinWisser – 18/20 pts - TB: *Der weiße Cos d‘Estournel 2021 ist superrassig, schlank und sehr geradlinig, mit feiner, fruchtig-reifer Kopfnote. Extrem fein und weit gefasst auf der Zunge, die Struktur ist das hervorragende Element, ewig lang, salzig, tiefgründig. Holz prägt ihn kaum.* - 02/2024

JancisRobinson.com – 16,5/20pts – JL: *71% Sauvignon Blanc, 29% Sémillon. Cask sample. Intense, pure and long, again with marked tension and acidity. Persistent fruit with a floral-citrus nuance. Pebble-sucking finish. Clean cut, if a little hard on the finish but should develop further.* - 04/2022

Vinous.com – 94 pts – AG: *The 2021 Cos d'Estournel Blanc is a big wine—rich, dramatic and expressive. Low yields in 2021 created a white that is deep, layered and quite potent in feel. Tangerine peel, citrus confit, marzipan and a touch of new oak give the 2021 a decidedly flamboyant, extroverted personality.* - 12/2023

Vinous.com – 92 pts – NM: *The 2021 Cos d'Estournel Blanc, bottled in December 2022, shows a bit of reduction in the glass, with touches of candle wax and lanolin infusing the yellow fruit, perhaps requiring a little more delineation. The palate is well-balanced with fine poise. This clearly has more tension and /mineralité/ compared to the Pagodes Blanc, with a crisper finish. This is a successful white Cos d'Estournel that should age well in bottle, but one should afford it time for the aromatics to fully open.* - 11/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – 95 pts – JL: *Bright, fresh and fruity with loads of sweet, ripe, green apples, lemons, grapefruit, and floral notes. The wine manages to remain vibrant with ample concentration, complexity and finishes with additional nuances of mango, pineapple and honeysuckle. You can enjoy this on release, though it will gain nuances with a few years in the bottle. Drink from 2024-2034.* - 03/2024