1970 Cos d'Estournel
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Tasting Notes
Tasting notes
Score 86/100 · Robert Parker
The 1970 Cos d'Estournel's color remains an impressive dark garnet with ruby/purple tints. The wine is medium to full-bodied, tannic, rustic, and concentrated, but coarse and charmless. It will keep for another 25 years, but I wonder if this wine will ever blossom? Jun 1996, www.robertparker.com
Critic Scores
Critic scores
86
86/100
Robert Parker
About the producer
Cos d'Estournel
Louis Gaspard d’Estournel inherited Cos and Pomys in 1791, founding Cos d’Estournel in 1811, investing significantly in the property and expanding the estate from 14 to 45 hectares. The estate rapidly rose to prominence and the wines were exported around the world.