Winery - Chateau Cos d’Estournel
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November 22, 2009
This is a Bordeaux region wine, not a Loire Valley, I think
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Sweet and aromatic with very floral overtones, aromas of earth and red spices, tea leaves, cassis, ripe fruit and chocolate and mocha; sweet and fresh in the mouth; this is very lively for its age; plenty of deep fruit with rich flavors of black cherries, berries, plums; great finish with wonderful balance. (18.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Big nose, sweet and dense, very smooth and rich with powerful aromas, a sense of overripe fruit, caramel, chocolate, truffles; deep and rich in the mouth, powerful approach that is characterized with intense black fruit flavors; big chewy dry tannins in the center that I fear will overpower the fruit in the next few years; long and deep at the finish, plenty of fruit to sustain the structure of the wine; this is one of the better bottles that I have had of this wine, as I usually find that the ’82 is not a complete success for this property. (18.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
An interesting contrast to the ’86, this wine is open and willing to share its secrets now; wonderful sweet aromas of milk chocolate mix with tobacco, oriental spice, black pepper, earth and cassis, rich and creamy nose that is also floral and perfumed; sweet and ripe in the mouth, very rich and creamy with layers of sweet red and black fruits; spicy with pepper and oriental spice flavors, licorice, spiced apples; very polished and elegant and ready now. (19/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Classic nose of this brooding vintage, deep and musty nose with an earthen and truffle-laced scent, the nose remains clouded with a shell around it, but there is evidence of licorice and tobacco and sweet spiced fruit; sweet and dry in the mouth, still not out of its adolescence and layered over with a shell of tannins that present the mouth with a dry and austere presence; very intense though with layers of complexity still to discover; this vintage remains one of the most difficult to assess as it progresses at a glacial pace. (18+/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Deep and rich nose, lots of tar, licorice, smoked meat, leather, cedar, and earth, complex and deep aromas; smooth and ripe in the mouth with lots of layers of fruit; red cherries, dry plums, pomegranates; not as complex or as intense as some of the more recent vintages from this property; but still nicely concentrated and spicy at the end with black pepper and various spices at the finish. (18/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Smooth and rich nose, lots of tar and earthy aromas, intense with secondary aromas of rubber, blackberry jam, deep and brooding; sweet fruit in the mouth, loaded with blueberry and blackberry flavors; not yet ready for drinking, the wine has a dry tannic center that will need several more years to integrate fully; good flavors of cassis and beetroot; very earthy and chalky at the finish, but elegant and deep; this will be terrific in a few years. (18.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Sweet and rich nose, chocolate, caramel, blackberry jam, very aromatic and rich; sweet and round in the mouth, lots of stuffing here for a young wine; smooth, spicy, still hot in the mouth, but that should disappear with more bottle age; quite forward and smooth with layers of fruit; long finish with adolescent bitterness still showing from unresolved tannins. (17/20)
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