1979 Château Cos d'Estournel

Community Tasting Notes (42) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  2/9/2024 - BradleyL wrote: 87 Points

  Chalk it up to bottle variation perhaps, but as a friend says at this age it really is equally important the bottle is stored and what is in the bottle itself. This bottle was fairly heavily tertiary at this point and not a whole lot of fruit - this didn't feel corked but it took a lot of searching for the fruit.

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  7/21/2023 - Bob H wrote:

  We’re having this side-by-side with the ‘86. And while this might be surprising, the ‘79 is really drinking well tonight. Earthy red & black fruit on the nose, really expansive on the palate, and hard to conceive that this could be any better.

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  6/21/2023 - rmcnees wrote: 89 Points

  At forty years, it was time to open this bottle and we weren't sure what to expect. The label, fill level and foil and most importantly the cork were all in amazing condition, looking more like they were half their age. Impressive, even more so considering this was 375ml.
  
  This showed minimal signs of diminution from age with decent color, bouquet and fruit flavors - ruby/garnet colored, medium bodied, amazing resilience with its flavors and bouquet of black cherry fruits, notes of cassis, and some vanillin, oaky scents.
  
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  6/5/2022 - acyso wrote: 88 Points

  Vinetasters: This and That (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. I liked this much less than another recent bottle of this (though they were from the same lot). This had a bit of a pruney/balsamic nose, but does taste much better than it smells. Some plummy notes, with the fruit still surprisingly dominant after all these years. Fully resolved; at this point, it's really just a question of bottle variation.

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  2/21/2022 - popasq wrote: 88 Points

  This was disappointing, really not a lot to remember.

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