1988 CHÂTEAU COS D'ESTOURNEL 1988

Saint Estèphe

Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé

Condition Good

Stock : 0 bottle

198,00 € tax incl. 165,00 € tax excl.

Infos produit

Cos d'Estournel is an essential classified growth of its Saint-Estephe appellation. The 1988 vintage reveals an intense, fresh and fruity nose. At the tasting, it is a wine of magnificent length. When ripe, the Cos d'Estournel can already be tasted.

Avis d'expert

95 / 100

Wine Spectator

(11-1998) This powerhouse is rather traditional and decadent compared to the modern-day wines from Cos. Ink-colored and full-bodied, with ripe fruit aromas, velvety tannins and intense berry and spice flavors.

17.5/20

Jancis Robinson

(08-2013) Mid blueish crimson with a pale rim. Looks so much younger than the 1989 and 1990 tasted alongside! Nicely evolved. The nose recalls the 1998 tasted earlier. Manages to be both fresh and fleshy (whereas so many bordeaux 1988s are a bit austere). Well done. Nervy but not skinny. Very 'correct'. Clean and fresh. A certain sweetness at first and then still a little chewy but that just serves to keep it refreshing. Quite long.

Features

Château informations

Features

Vintage	Wine 1988
Classification	Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé
Region	Bordeaux
Appellation	Saint Estèphe
Colour	Red
Volume	0.75 l
Country	France
Château	Château Cos D'Estournel
Country	France

Château informations

Château Cos D\'Estournel

The Château Cos d'Estournel is a vineyard of 67 hectares, located in Saint-Estephe in the Gironde. Cos d'Estournel is an AOC in the Medoc which is part of the Saint-Estephe appellation and classed a Second Growth in the official classification of Medoc wines in 1855. The vines are 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and a small percentage of Cabernet Franc. The vineyards spread over thirty plots that average 35 years old. The Château Cos d'Estournel also produces a second wine called Les Pagodes de Cos, from vines aged less than twenty years.

The best vintages are 2003, the vintage of 2000, 1996 wines, crus classés of 1995, the vintage 1994. Then, the vintage of 1990 and 1986, wines of 1985, and the grand crus classés of 1982 and are exceptional.