Les Pagodes de Cos 2010 - Second Vin du Château Cos d'Estournelle
92/100
Wine Enthusiast
90/100
Wine Spectator
17/20
Gault & Millau
"With its magnificent texture, length, and dense fruitiness without any harshness, it has everything to enchant the taste buds. The aromatic range is floral, with ripe fruit and exotic wood notes. This second wine ranks above some classified wines, shaking up the hierarchy. " (Les Meilleurs Vins de France 2014 - Gault Millau) Delivery in wooden cases for orders of 12 bottles of this wine (excluding Point Relais delivery method).
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Eye
Dense and deep color
Nose
with notes of blackberry, spring flowers, licorice, and toasted bread, very rich
Mouth
powerful and full-bodied, very aromatic, long on the palate, with a very persistent finish
Serve
decant at 17-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2017
Drink before
2025
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with pan-fried porcini mushrooms Bordeaux-style, rib steak Bordeaux-style, veal kidneys, spiced pigeon...
Bettane & Desseauve
4-star rated estate (Producers of very high quality, those who are the pride of French vineyards)
About the estate:
The vat room, as spectacular in its own right as the château's pagodas, equipped with vat lifts that allow gravity to be used not only during vinification but also during aging, was used for the first time in 2008. It crowns the estate's considerable efforts to bring this wine to the highest possible level, with the ambition of rivaling the quality of the premier cru classés. The deep gravel soil generally makes it the most full-bodied of the Médoc wines, the most voluptuous in texture, while retaining a finesse and complexity characteristic of its proximity to Lafite. The latest vintages have gained even more in aromatic purity and sincerity of expression. A very aromatic and intense white Bordeaux is produced on the soils of La Goulée, a little further north, and bears the same name.
Guide des Vins Gault & Millau
Wine rating (2014 guide) 17/20 (Outstanding)
About wine:
With its magnificent texture, length, and dense fruitiness without any harshness, it has everything to enchant the taste buds. The aromatic range is floral, with ripe fruit and exotic wood notes. This second wine ranks above some classified wines, shaking up the hierarchy.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2021 guide) 2 stars (These very large estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the estate:
Businessman Michel Reybier, who acquired the estate in 2000, has invested heavily in providing Cos d'Estournel with everything it needs to produce the finest wine possible. The construction of one of the world's most advanced wine cellars, designed by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, is a prime example of this. Cos has always produced expressive wines with a rather exuberant style. In the early 2000s, it even veered into caricature at times, overshadowing the finesse that the terroir is capable of expressing. Things have now changed, and with its latest vintages, Cos has rediscovered an expression that once again appeals to us.
Wine Spectator
Wine rated (2013 guide) 90/100 (Very good wine)
Wine Enthusiast
Wine rated (2013 guide) 92/100