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The 1976 vintage is a remarkable vintage because it was a particularly hot year, even scorching. The 1976 Château Cos d'Estournel is excellent, with lots of fruit and interesting complexity. Elegant, the Cos d'Estournel 1976 is a surprise and allows you to discover a little more about the world of grands crus classés.
Vintage | Wine 1976 |
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.
Champagne
Saint Emilion
Beaune
CHARLES HEIDSIECK Brut Rosé 1976
Champagne
Saint Estèphe
Sauternes
DOM RUINART Blanc de Blancs 1976
Champagne
Saint Julien
Saint Emilion
(09-2007)
(01-1998) One of the better 1976s, Cos d'Estournel somehow succeeded in avoiding the feebleness and fragile character of many of the wines from this early maturing vintage. Now fully mature, but in no danger of collapse, this wine has a complex bouquet of red berry fruit, spices, and toasty oak.
(06-1988) A good '76. Agreeable weight and flavour.