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

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

JancisRobinson.com – 18+/20pts – JL: *Deep colour to the rim. Huge concentration of dark fruit with a notable Cabernet cassis aroma. Mighty tannic build but very fine tannins. Layers of fruit. Powerful but carefully constructed and precise. A lovely mellow quality to such a muscular wine. Plenty of reserve and clearly for long ageing.* - 06/2020

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.* - 05/2019