1990 Château Cos d'Estournel
Red Bordeaux Blend
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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8/9/2022, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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By Neal Martin
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Fairest of Them All: Cos d’Estournel 1928 – 2015 (Oct 2018), 10/1/2018, (See more on Vinous...)
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A Mega 1990 Bordeaux Tasting with Clive, 3/21/2005 -
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The 2002 Romanee Contis and a Mt. Sinai Hospital Charity Event, 2/13/2005
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July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103, (See more on Vinous...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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6/28/2002, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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The 1990 Clarets...To Have and To Hold (Nov 1993), 11/1/1993, (See more on Vinous...)
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Bricking dark red violet color; tobacco, tart green olive, tart currant nose; tobacco, olive, very tart currant, cedar palate; medium-plus finish (based on this bottle's showing, time to drink up)
5/27/2013, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 92 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Slightly bricking dark red violet color; earthy, cedar, tart currant, tobacco nose; tasty, tart currant, tart plum, mineral, cedar, tobacco palate; medium-plus finish 93+ points
12/2/2012, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Dark garnet red color; lead pencil, graphite, blackberry and cassis nose; lovely, balanced mocha, espresso and plum palate; long finish
6/29/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 95 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Château Cos d'Estournel) Black red violet color; berries, truffle nose; plum, mocha, espresso palate with firm tannins; long finish
3/7/2003, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points
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Wine Definition
- Vintage1990
- TypeRed
- ProducerChâteau Cos d'Estournel
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- Designationn/a
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Estèphe
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- UPC/EAN Code000001979701, 000004209652, 086454010123, 400009765489, 7010237138011
5/11/2024 - Mascarello59 wrote: flawed
Badly corked
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3/30/2024 - Bronson Meadows Likes this wine: 93 Points
Exceptionally smooth and mature. High tanins - opening to dark berries and leather notes after decanting. Holds up extremely well despite being past its “apogée”.
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3/17/2024 - mchern02 wrote: 94 Points
2 hours of air plus 2 hour decant
This bottle was deeply resolved and mature. Nose of dark black fruit, graphite, smoke, and tobacco. Beautiful and relaxed palate, with nice lift and notes black fruit, earth and a smokey cigar box. Finish is long and powerful. Youthful or atleast unresolved, and beautifully dry.
In the strike zone
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2/7/2024 - Nontaco Likes this wine: 94 Points
Standard, very good if perhaps generic aged Bordeaux. Wasn’t really asserting itself but was perfectly serviceable and tasty over a nice meal at Jean Georges.
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12/25/2023 - Mleh Likes this wine: 92 Points
I don’t have much experience with Bordeaux this old so I was quite careful with it at first but it needed a lot of air. I started out with a slow ox but then ended up double decanting and aerating over four hours. Drank it with a rib roast and dauphinois potatoes. It was the perfect pairing. Dark cherry and cassis on the nose, palate was dark cherry, leather and some cigar spice. Really well structured, nice acidity and perfect amount of tannin for the beef. I would say it was probably a little past its peak, the earth/fruit ratio was probably 70/30, I can imagine a few years ago it would have been brighter. Still, it was a great bottle and I’m very happy to have been able to try it.
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