Saint-Estephe, Bordeaux

750ml

Cabernet Sauvignon | Merlot

100 JD | 99 D | 99 JG | 99 JL | 98 JS | 98 TWI | 97 JA | 97 V | 96 WE | 95 RP | 94 WS

“The 2020 Cos d'Estournel is a bold, demonstrative wine, bursting with aromas of cassis, dark berries and plum liqueur mingled with exotic spices, burning embers and petals, framed by a generous application of creamy new oak. Full-bodied, broad and low acid/high pH in style, it's rich and extracted, with a layered, mid-palate and a long, clove-inflected finish. While it isn't anywhere near as extreme as the 2009, the 2020 does appear to mark a move back toward a more turbo-charged style after Cos d'Estournel's shift toward elegance, exemplified by the brilliant 2016—but perhaps that's merely an illusion created by the vintage? Best After 2025.”