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2016 Cos d'Estournel 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Estephe
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OverachieverClassifications schmassifications. This wine overachieves relative to its class.
6.5% of All Producers of Fine Wine
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11.6% of All Producers of Fine Wine
2nd GrowthThe second highest ranking for Bordeaux wine
1.9% of Fine Wine Producers in Region
Top VintageBehold! One of the finest vintages of this wine ever made.
61.1% of Vinovest Wines
100-Point WineHello, perfection. This wine earned a 100-point rating from critics.
6.9% of All Fine WineWhy We're Buying
Pause everything because 2016 Château Cos d'Estournel is a true showstopper. The blend of 76 cabernet sauvignon, 23 merlot, and 1 cabernet franc displays seductive aromas, unbridled energy, and depth that rivals the Mariana Trench. The above-average amount of merlot contributes to impeccable fruity purity and a gorgeous structure that promises to reward investors for four to five decades. The secret to success lies in Château Cos d'Estournel’s name. Cos translates to a “hill of pebbles,” a reference to the well-draining soils responsible for its ultra-ripe fruit. At the core, this red features blackberries, blueberries, cassis, graphite, lavender, tea, and cherry liqueur with a spice-laden finish that lingers for more than a minute. Lisa Perrotti-Brown was one of three critics to give 2016 Château Cos d'Estournel a perfect score. To end her review, she wrote simply, “Just. Magic.” The Final Sip: Not only is 2016 Château Cos d'Estournel one of the best wines of the vintage, but it’s also distinct with more merlot than other Bordeaux red blends.
Critics Scores
Wine Enthusiast
Powerful tannins show strongly in this elegant, structured wine. Rich black-currant and black-plum flavors are lifted by acidity. The wine has weight and concentration, but also is poised and fresh. This combination will allow the wine to age for many years. Drink from 2025.
Vinous
In my last sighted review of the 2016 Cos d’Estournel, I wrote: "I suspect it will close down for a period in its youth." Perhaps it is already beginning to shut down, because though this wine was deeply impressive, it fell just a notch short of ethereal previous bottles, despite its "pixelated black fruit" on the nose and "sublime balance" on the palate. I tasted the wine twice thereafter, though this time with a 4-6 hour decant, and this revealed the Cos d'Estournel that has amazed since I first tasted it out of barrel.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Cos d'Estournel is blended of 76 Cabernet Sauvignon, 23 Merlot and 1 Cabernet Franc aged in 65 new and 35 two-year-old French oak for 15 months. Bottled in July 2018, it is deep garnet-purple colored and starts off a little closed and reticent, opening out slowly and seductively to reveal beautiful lilacs, rose hip tea, crushed stones and camphor nuances over a core of crème de cassis, kirsch, wild blueberries and mocha plus wafts of incense and wood smoke. The palate is simply electric, charged with an energy and depth of flavors that seem to defy the elegance and ethereal nature of its medium-bodied weight, featuring super ripe, densely pixelated tannins that firmly frame the myriad of fruit and floral sparks, finishing with epic length. Just. Magic.
Wine Spectator
This has a core of slightly exotic loganberry, plum and boysenberry fruit laced with singed spice, savory, lilac and incense notes, while a buried chalk-edged minerality sits in reserve. Very sleek, with a wonderfully long finish that lets the fruit and other elements shimmer. Best from 2025 through 2040.
Jeb Dunnuck
The grand vin 2016 Cos d'Estournel checks in as 76 Cabernet Sauvignon, 23 Merlot, and 1 Cabernet Franc that saw 70 new French oak. One of the more seamless, pure, elegant versions of this cuvée out there, it boasts a saturated purple color as well as a monster nose of pure crème de cassis, gravelly, rocky minerality, tobacco leaf, crushed violets, and lead pencil shavings. One of those “iron fists in a velvet glove” wines, with full-bodied richness and beautiful structure that’s covered by thrilling levels of fruit and texture, it stays tight, compact, and incredibly focused on the palate. It’s already brilliant given its purity of fruit and balance, but it deserves a decade of bottle age and will keep for 4-5 decades.
James Suckling
This is muscular yet so well defined and toned. Full-bodied with deep and dense fruit on the palate, yet powerful and rich at the same time. So much sandalwood and blackberry character. Chewy and rich at the finish. This is a warm and generous wine, but the alcohol is just over 13 degrees. Not that high. Love the finish. Extravagant. Magical. Try from 2025.
Decanter
One of the best Cos in recent years, a huge success although not showing as much of itself as the 2010 at this point, as you would expect with a concentrated Sauvignon-dominant classified St-Estèphe. First time for me opening this vintage since the in-bottle tastings a few years ago, and those gorgeous layers of cassis, blackberry and bilberry fruits are on full display with a little coaxing out of the glass, met step-by-step with a smoked caramel, bitter black chocolate and liquorice root twist. A brilliant wine with precision and confidence. Expect decades of enjoyment ahead of it, but not one to think about for another five or six years. 75 new oak.