Cos d'Estournel 2017

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Composed of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc, yields for the grand vin in 2017 were 43 hectoliters per hectare, and it was aged in 60% new oak. It came in at an alcohol of 13% and an IPT of 68. Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Cos d'Estournel needs a little coaxing to unfurl, revealing beautiful expressions of preserved plums, boysenberries, blackcurrant pastilles and wild blueberries with hints of Indian spices, menthol, lilacs and mossy tree bark plus a compelling suggestion of iron ore. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a solid backbone of firm, grainy tannins and well-knit freshness supporting the tightly wound blue and black fruits layers, finishing long and fragrant. This wine will need a good 5-7 years in bottle before it begins to blossom and should go on for at least another 40 years. I expect this wine to be a blockbuster of a head-turner when I come back and taste it at 10 years of age!

James Suckling

Quite the bottle here! Spices, such as nutmeg and cinnamon, as well as dried meat and plums with cedar and sandalwood. Full body. Deep and dense in the center palate and a long, long finish. Shows finesse and tightness. Very polished tannins. Long and ethereal. Try after 2023

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

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VertdeVin

The nose is fruity, elegant, racy, precise and offers straightness as well as complexity. It reveals notes of blackberry, black cherry and cassis associated with small notes of strawberry, fleshy raspberry, wild red berries as well as subtle hints of sweet spices, liquorice, toasted and fine hints of graphite. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, structured and offers suavity, tension, racy minerality, a beautiful finesse, a beautiful harmony as well as a beautiful finesse of the grain. On the palate this wine expresses notes of black cherry, blackberry and more slightly strawberry, racy minerality associated with fine/discreet touches of flowers, graphite, spices, almond as well as discreet touches of cardamom. Tannins are fine, elegant and slightly firm. Very nice potential. The finish offers a fine austerity. There are fine hints of bitter cocoa on the finish (bring gourmandize as well as apppetite).

Wine Enthusiast

This impressive wine is structured yet well balanced by an attractive fruitiness that parallels the tannins and the smokiness from wood aging. The density of the palate is countered by fresh acidity that shines through. Drink 2024.