Cos D`Estournel 2012

Cos D`Estournel 2012

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  • Jane Anson rating 95
  • Robert Parker rating 93
  • Vinous rating 92
  • Jancis Robinson rating 92
Cos D`Estournel 2012
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HED02956

75 cl

13%
£165.00
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The 2012 Château Cos d`Estournel is an elegant and powerful Second Growth from Saint-Estèphe, crafted from a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. This vintage presents a suave attack that leads to a rich, medium-to-full body with dense flavours of blackcurrant, blackberry and plum, backed by complex notes of graphite, cedar and a distinctive exotic spice. Showing excellent aromatic freshness and a long, energetic finish, this is a highly regarded wine of the vintage with significant ageing potential.
95 Jane Anson
Plenty of exotic spices, saffran, clove, black pepper, turmeric, cassis, with sandalwood, gunsmoke and cedar smoke. Both character and bite, with plenty of impact. 50% of overall production, this is a successful Cos d'Estournel with plenty to recommend, capturing the gourmet sweetness of the vintage. 70% new oak.Jane Anson30th March 2022
92 Vinous
The 2012 Cos d'Estournel has a perfumed bouquet with blackberry, cedar, undergrowth and black pepper aromas all well-defined and focused, with more vigour than many of its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannins, good acidity, maybe a tad strict and dry on the finish, yet I admire its intensity and terroir expression. There was some bottle variation here, one bottle dominated by wood, the other more typical Cos d'Estournel with plenty of fruit. Tasted twice at Bordeaux Index's Ten Year-On tasting and blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting. Neal Martin27th September 2022
92 Jancis Robinson
The 2012 Cos d'Estournel is medium to deep garnet-purple colored. It features notes of mocha, cedar chest, and licorice over a core of warm cassis and blackberry preserves with a hint of wild sage. The medium-bodied palate has a chewy backbone of oak-inspired tannins with delicate fruit and an herbal, lifted finish.Lisa Perrotti-Brown16th February 2023

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