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Château Cos d'Estournel Les Pagodes de Cos Saint Estephe(2000)
- Winery:
- Cos
- Varietal:
- Bordeaux Blend
- Region:
- France > Bordeaux > Médoc > St. Estèphe
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- red grape, fruit, berry, resinous, trees, cedar, bordeaux, spicy, france, black currant
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June 2007
- Number 2 of Wine Spectator's 2003 Top 100 Wines! This wine puts on weight and grows in stature every time I go back to it. In fact, from the bottle it was better than ever. A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2000 Cos d'Estournel suffers only in comparison with its successor, the 2001. Deep bluish purple in color with a reticent but emerging bouquet of cedar, licorice, blueberry, cassis, vanilla, and lead pencil shavings, this medium-bodied, slightly sinewy Cos d'Estournel has relatively high tannin, an excellent mid-palate, and a persistent read more...
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 108, May/June 2003
- 90/100
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September 2007
- ($90-$110) Full ruby-red. Cassis, minerals, cedar and a floral note on the nose, along with an herbal currant leaf component. Juicy and tight; hints at the power of the vintage but misses out on the sweetness and pliancy of the best examples. Offers a reasonably seamless texture but the firmly tannic finish seems a bit herbaceous following the 2001.
- International Wine Cellar
- May-02
- 90-92
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May 2007
- The Wine Advocate
- 92/100
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June 2007
