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2023 Pagodes de Cos, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (51%), Merlot (45%), Cabernet Franc (2%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Not ready
Product: 20238004370
2023 Pagodes de Cos, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

Description

Blend: 51% Cabernet Sauvignon; 45% Merlot; 2% Cabernet Franc; 2% Petit Verdot.

Managing Director Charles Thomas explained that the Pagodes 2023 was made using only whole berries, after destalking (just like the grand vin). The objective being to emphasise the primary red fruit notes. The glossy feel with a sense of restraint that apply to the grand vin are also relevant here. The alcohol is also discrete at 12.9%. The wine has elegant precision, with crisp and crunchy notes of graphite and spice sitting below redcurrant and cassis aromas. Yields are decent at 45 hl/ha and about 40% of the production was used for Pagodes.

Drink 2027 - 2038

Our score: 16/20

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2023
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (51%), Merlot (45%), Cabernet Franc (2%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Cos d'Estournel

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Saint-Estèphe

Saint-Estèphe

Saint-Estèphe is the northernmost of the most important communes of the Médoc, bordering Pauillac on its southernmost border, with only a gully and stream separating it from Ch. Lafite Rothschild. The wines can appear austere in youth, but the best typically display good depth of colour, pronounced acidity and tannins in youth, and are exceptionally long-lived. At their best, they are the equal of almost any Bordeaux.
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Cos d'Estournel

Château Cos d`Estournel is named after its 19th century owner, Louis-Gaspard d'Estournel, and it was he who built the bizarre oriental edifice that is a landmark for any tourist in the Médoc. Today Cos d'Estournel is without doubt the leading estate in St-Estéphe. It is located in the south of the appellation on the border with Pauillac and its vineyards are superbly sited on a south-facing gravel ridge with a high clay content, just north of Lafite.
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