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Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2022 Cos d'Estournel is a huge wine that is going to need a number of years to be at its finest. Dense, rich and explosive, the 2022 represents the essence of opulence. Sumptuous curves wrap around a core of blackberry, cloves, new leather, licorice and espresso that screams out of the glass. The 2022 is a wild, exotic beauty. All it needs is time. Tasted twice. 01/2025

95

Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2022 Cos d'Estournel is one of the most reticent wines on the nose at the moment (bottled in July, it is most likely due to the timing). But the quality is still evident, with a beguiling mixture of red and black fruit, truffle and violet aromas mingling in the glass. There is a sense of finesse here that was forsaken for a period 15 to 25 years ago when this estate coveted power. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins that frame the pretty black fruit, desiccated orange peel and graphite notes. I admire that it could only be a Saint-Estèphe with a relatively austere finish that suggests it will repay considerable cellaring. This is for the most patient amongst you. 01/2025

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William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

Much as it was en primeur, the 2022 Cos d'Estournel is an inky, brooding wine. Offering up aromas of ripe berries, licorice, pencil shavings, iris and creamy new oak, it's full-bodied, dense and heavily extracted, with a chunky, tannic profile that privileges raw power over sensuality. 03/2025

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Jeb Dunnuck

Jeb Dunnuck

Looking at the 2022 Château Cos D'Estournel, this awesome Saint-Estèphe checks in as a normal blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot that spent 18 months in 50% new oak. Remarkably concentrated yet with a graceful elegance, it has sensational cassis, graphite, spring flowers, and subtle tobacco-driven aromatics, full-bodied richness, a deeply layered, multi-dimensional mouthfeel, and a monumental finish. Hitting 14% alcohol with a pH of 3.79, it's as good a Cos d'Estournel as has ever been made. It actually has ample upfront appeal yet won't hit the early stages of its prime drinking window for another decade, and it will have 50-75 years of overall longevity. 02/2025

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Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Couleur noire. Nez intense, fruité, mûr, subtil et complexe, évoluant profond à l'agitation du verre sur une note de cacao et fumée. Très ample à l'attaque, avec une énorme enveloppe tannique et beaucoup, beaucoup de goût, le vin se présente juteux, savoureux, riche et devient de plus en plus puissant entre le milieu et la finale. Il s'achève abondant, noble, profond, avec un brin de tannicité inattendue. De longue garde. 02/2025

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James Suckling

James Suckling

Wow. So intense and spicy with nutmeg, cloves, ink and blackberries. Also asphalt, lead pencil and tobacco. Full-bodied, but at the same time, there’s a real balance giving incredible depth and length. The tannins are all there but are polished as well as firm. Superb structure. A neoclassical Cos, one for long-term aging. Perhaps the best ever. A blend of 61% cabernet sauvignon, 37% merlot, 1% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot. Drink after 2030. 01/2025