2019 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - 2eme Cru St. Estephe

Decanter.com – 98 pts – GH: *Vivid red-purple rim to the glass; blue fruits, plums and black cherries presented with pleasant floral aspects alongside a wonderful freshly brewed coffee aroma, soft and delicate but just noticeable. This is absolutely delicious, round and plump on the palate but not heavy, well defined with a fruit precision marrying blackcurrants and cherries with some cocoa and liquorice nuance. The velvety texture and overall clarity stands out, driven and precise with layers of pretty chewy, perfumed fruit underpinned by generous acidity. Sophisticated and enjoyable. Wonderful styling at Cos in 2019.* - 01/2022

Falstaff Magazin – 99 pts – PM: *Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Einladende schwarze Herzkirschen, zart nach Brombeeren, Cassis und einem Hauch Lakritze. Nuancen von Edelholz sind unterlegt. Saftig und elegant, gute Komplexität, frisch, Brombeeren auch am Gaumen, integrierte Tannine, würziger Nachhall, etwas Nougat, straffer Abgang, ein Wein mit Charme und Potenzial, sehr harmonisch, bereits zugänglich, mineralisch und sehr lange anhaftend. Einmal mehr die Nummer eins in St. Estephe.* - 02/2022

Vinum Magazin – 18,5/20 pts: *Beeindruckend vielschichtige Aromatik von zurückhaltend exotischer Würze; der Ausbau hat hier eindeutig für absoluten Schliff gesorgt, besitzt Fleisch und Fülle, aber auch Eleganz und Tiefe, transparente Fruchtigkeit, Spannkraft und Länge. Superb.* - 08/2022

JancisRobinson.com – 17,5/20pts – JR: *Tasted blind. Second bottle – more evolution on the nose. Loose and fresh. Salinity came out.* - 01/2023

Vinous.com – 98 pts – AG: *The 2019 Cos d'Estournel is a deep, powerful wine. That has been true on both times I have tasted it recently. Readers will have to be patient. Those who can afford it will be rewarded with a towering, statuesque Saint-Estèphe. With a bit of air the fruit starts to emerge, but this is a very reticent Cos that does not show the opulence that it often does in its youth. Gravel, smoke, incense, tobacco and dried flowers gradually unfurl over time, hinting at a very bright future. The 2019 is impressive. That's all there is to it. Tasted two times.* - 02/2022

Vinous.com – 97 pts – NM: *The 2019 Cos d'Estournel was picked from September 23 to October 7 at 43hL/ha, matured in a judicious 55% new oak, and bottled in July 2021 by gravity. It is more backward on the nose, and there’s nothing wrong with that for a Grand Vin. Biding its time, it opens to deliver lovely, very pure scents of blackberry, raspberry coulis and touches of graphite and violet, the latter having developed during barrel maturation. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, and the texture is a little more crunchy than when tasted from barrel sample. Gone is the silkiness; in its place there is backbone and grip, features that will stand this Cos d’Estournel in good stead for considerable cellar aging. It displays more classicism in bottle compared to barrel, and exhibits more Saint-Estèphe DNA.* - 02/2022

Thewinecellarinsider.com – 97 pts – JL: *Full-bodied, concentrated, refined and showy, this is the modern era's version of a classic vintage for Cos d'Estournel. Initially you find a litany of spices, incense, flowers, espresso, and red with black currants, mixed with blackberries. Intense, rich, deep and lively, the fruit displays freshness, length, purity, energy, lift, and the structure to age and evolve for decades. In comparison with recent great vintages of COS, with 2019, the wine exchanges the power and concentration found in 2018 and 2016 for a greater sense of elegance, purity and classicism. Drink from 2030-2060.* - 03/2022