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Cos d'Estournel Blanc 2023
Dry Whites
| GBP Price: | Size | Quantities | Units | status | Actions |
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| £720 per Case | 6x75cl | 0 | - | [Add to shopping basket] |
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The 2023 Château Cos D'Estournel Blanc includes slightly more Semillon and checks in as 70% Sauvignon and 30% Semillon, raised in just 7% new French oak, with the rest in once-used barrels. A selection made mostly in the cellar, it has a vivid gold hue as well as a stunning nose of ripe lemon, honeyed flowers, mint, crushed stone, and subtle hints of toast. Gorgeously textured, medium to full-bodied, and balanced, with the bright, almost racy acidity of the vintage, it's pure class. Score: 95 - 97 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Date: 08 May 2024 |
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Green gold, well balanced, slate and pummice stone, rises through the palate from the first sip, lemongrass and lime, showing structure, depth, purity and sculpted citrus and sage. Excellent concentrated flavours, steely and mouthwatering, gets the balance exactly right between steel and flesh. 7% new oak (with barrels used only for the Sémillon). Harvest September 5 to 15. 10ha of white for the Estournel wines, 18 years on from its first vintage in 2005. Score: 95 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2025-2038 Date: 02 May 2024 |
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The 2023 Cos d'Estournel Blanc is quite powerful and not especially aromatic today. At this stage, it is mostly the wine's body that makes an impression. The 2023 has good depth, but it is clearly not expressive today. It will be interesting to see what time brings. Score: 91 - 93 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2025-2033 Date: 30 April 2024 |
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The 2023 Cos d'Estournel Blanc, a blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Sémillon, offers slightly more tropical notes on the nose than Les Pagodes, with a touch more depth–hints of orange blossom and honeysuckle. The palate is well balanced with tangerine and lime, fine acidity, notable focus and a bright and tensile finish. This is another delicious white. It will be difficult to resist in its youth. Score: 92 - 94 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2025-2040 Date: 29 April 2024 |
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This shows real precision and sophistication. Tight and dense palate that is concentrated but not heavy, with intensity and minerality. Sea salt and white pepper at the end. This is really at the top level of dry white Bordeaux now. 70% sauvignon blanc and 30% semillon. Score: 97 - 98 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 24 April 2024 |
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