Wine Chateau Cos d'Estournel (Saint Estephe) AOC 2-er Grand Cru Classe, 1998
Reviews of purchase Chateau Cos d'Estournel (Saint Estephe) AOC 2-er Grand Cru Classe, 1998
Tasting Notes
Wine rich dark garnet color.
The wine has a very dense taste - a harmonious, juicy, with great potential, well integrated tannins, hints of fruit, cedar, silk finish with hints of oak.
The wine has a rich aroma with notes of sweet black currant, cherry liqueur, dried herbs, pepper and minerals.
The wine goes well with a variety of meat dishes, beef with mushrooms, veal with vegetables, game and cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Like novelist, which supports the same style in different novels, wine Grand Cru able to express their particular style in various years. D'Esturnel Kos was, in terms of lovers of fine wines, the archetype of a certain style of masculine elegance, which combines enormous power with grace and gentleness.
1998 was a very successful year for viticulture. Excellent weather conditions deteriorated only at harvest allowed the grapes to reach optimum maturity. Thus, we can enjoy a full, well-balanced Kos d'Esturnel with pure and focused and surprisingly deep fragrant bouquet. Aged in oak barrels, of which 80% - a new, Kos d'Esturnel filled with lots of tannins, which are not fully expanded immediately, but give the wine a great chance to develop further over the next 10-15 years.
The founder of Chateau Cos d'Esturnel Louis Gaspard d'Esturnel, born in 1762, the year of the reign of Louis XV and lived 91 years there was only one passion: Chateau Cos. Having inherited a small vineyard, in 1811 he produced the first wine and decided to devote himself vinification, experimenting with varieties and their treatment. Fast enough wine Cos d'Estournel surpassed in popularity many of the most prestigious wines and even began to export to India. Louis was nicknamed "the Maharajah of Saint-Estèphe." Cos d'Estournel wine drinking Queen Victoria and the Russian tsars. And the Emperor Napoleon III loved these wines so that the palace Tyuilrion supplied several thousand bottles. A year before his death, in 1852, Louis sells Chateau. And two years after the death of its creator, the imperial classification of 1855 placing Cos d'Estournel at the head of the region Saint-Estephe. Changed a lot of owners in 2000. Château falls into the hands of Michel Reybera, which aims to maintain the high standards of the castle, constantly striving for perfection, at the same time continuing the style initiated by Louis Gaspard d'Esturnel. Thanks to his efforts, the wine Château Cos d'Esturnel can be seen today in the private wine bars wine lovers throughout Europe, Asia and America.
