85-89 / 100
Noncontractual photograph
Vintage | Wine 1992 |
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 1992
La Tache
CHÂTEAU LEOVILLE POYFERRE 1992
Saint Julien
CLOS ROUGEARD - Les Poyeux Magnum 1992
Saumur Champigny
Richebourg
Margaux
DOMAINE LAMARCHE Les Chaumes 1992
Vosne Romanée
SASSICAIA TENUTA SAN GUIDO 1992
Bolgheri
Pauillac
CHÂTEAU D'ARMAILHAC Magnum 1992
Pauillac
One of the stars of the vintage, the 1992 Cos d'Estournel exhibits a deep rubypurple color, medium to full body, scents of smoky oak, and copious amounts of blackcurrant fruit. Velvety-textured and medium to full-bodied, this is an atypically ripe, concentrated, impressively-endowed wine
Impressive for the vintage, displaying a wonderful silky texture and plenty of blackberry and tobacco character.