Cos D`Estournel 1995
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Cos D`Estournel 1995
HED0351
75 cl
12.5%
£240.00
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A wonderfully elegant St Estephe from Cos d`Estournel from a vintage where it pays to choose wines the best Chateaux. Notes of tobacco, cedar and black fruit combine with cigar box and a hint of forest floor. This is a medium-bodied Bordeaux that marries earthy secondary notes with a soft fruit character. Decant for one to two hour to allow it to fully open up.
95 Robert Parker
A wine of extraordinary intensity and accessibility, the 1995 Cos d`Estournel is a sexier, more hedonistic offering than the muscular, backward 1996. Opulent, with forward aromatics (gobs of black fruits intermixed with toasty pain grille scents and a boatload of spice), this terrific Cos possesses remarkable intensity, full body, and layers of jammy fruit nicely framed by the wine`s new oak. Because of low acidity and sweet tannin, the 1995 will be difficult to resist young, although it will age for 2-3 decades. Anticipated maturity. 2001-2025.
Both the 1995 and 1996 vintages of Cos d`Estournel were even more impressive in late 1997 than earlier in the spring. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Both the 1995 and 1996 vintages of Cos d`Estournel were even more impressive in late 1997 than earlier in the spring. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.
92 Vinous
The 1995 Cos d’Estournel was matured in 100% new oak and according to the estate was intentionally picked at a higher ripeness level than previous years. It is definitely showing more maturity than the 1996 Cos d’Estournel with more bricking evident on the rim. Similarly the nose does not convey the same vigor and fruité as the following vintage, with notes of cigar humidor, woodland and autumn leaves. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, which is probably its best quality. It is a little drier than I would like, although the acidity is well judged and there are attractive notes of clove and bay leaf towards the finish. It translates Saint-Estèphe typicité but just falls short of the superior wines produced from the modern day onwards. Tasted at the Cos d’Estournel vertical at the property. - Neil Martin - Red-ruby color, not quite as saturated as the `96. More roasted and less minerally than the `96: notes of black fruit, game, and toasty oak. Tightly wrapped and rather taut today, but offers terrific concentration and length. Today the wine tannins are very visible, and perhaps not quite as sweet as those of the `96, and firm acids are not yet in complete harmony with the wine. But this will be superb with six to eight years of bottle aging.
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