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Vintage | Wine 1983 |
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.
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI 1983
La Tache
Pessac Leognan
Saint Emilion
Saint Julien
Saint Julien
Pauillac
Pauillac
CHÂTEAU PAJOT ENCLAVE YQUEM 1983
Sauternes
Pomerol
Saint Emilion
(10-2012) There is much drinking pleasure to be found here but what it offers in terms of smooth texture and easy likability, it lacks in great depth and profundity. Very delicious Cos vintage to enjoy now.
(10-1994) Dense and powerful with tobacco, cherry and vanilla aromas and flavors. Full-bodied and very firm with a long finish.
(09-2010) 1983 Cos d'Estournel offered light scents of earth, dark cherries, cassis, cedar and forest floor. Medium/full bodied, this fully mature wine ends with a spice and cassis sensation.
(11-2006) Advanced color. Discreet, spicy nose with a note of saffron and caramel. On the palate the wine begins gently, a little fluid. It fills out in the middle and evolves upwards towards a finish with cedar flavor and not quite ripe tannins. Normal length.