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Vintage | Wine 1979 |
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 |
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.
Pomerol
Saint Emilion
CHÂTEAU DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU 1979
Saint Julien
CHÂTEAU LARRIVET HAUT BRION 1979
Pessac Leognan
Margaux
Clos de Vougeot
Margaux
CHÂTEAU MALARTIC LAGRAVIERE 1979
Pessac Leognan
Pommard Epenots
Pauillac
(08-1993) This has consistently been a good, medium-weight, elegant wine with little evolution to its medium ruby color and solid, but unexciting bouquet of cassis, new oak, and licorice. There is adequate body, crisp acidity, and a new world style to it. I like the 1979 Cos, but after having drunk almost a case of it, I must admit it has never proven that exciting.
(5-1990)