Robert Ahlstrom

9.3

Deep ruby rust color, full bodied with dark fruits, currants, plums, licorice. Tannins. Well balanced. A great left bank st estephe — 4 days ago

Bob Eisenbach

9.0

Tasty but needs more bottle age. — 7 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2004 | good ripened Saint Estephe that has a complex smell: cedar, vanilla, plums, leatherimpressions. Well balanced, now a point. | paired with Sheperd’s Pie. — a year ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

From a great looking bottle with a fill almost into the neck. Double decanted and left in the bottle for 5 hours before attacking it. Amber color. Good weight and haunting nose. Notes of old cedar, mocha, plums, cola, dark fruit, molasses and some sweet red cherry. Early on it’s all about the amazing nose. But with time the wine gains weight and you have a gorgeous old St Estephe in front of you. Still giving its all, and although the fruit is somewhat faded, this has complexity and structure that still drives the experience. And that nose is simply stunning. Great showing. — 2 years ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.1

Deep ruby rust, dark fruits, tannin forward, full body. Very good left bank st estephe — 4 days ago

David Kline

9.5

2001 Lafon-Rochet
Saint Estephe

Inky black with cassis, black currant and blackberry. Black pepper and lavender with a whiff of smoke and graphite. Plum and vine charcoal give a softness to the tannin which is amazingly strong. Graphite shimmers through dark cocoa, cedar and pepper. Lovely and lively.

#lafonrochet #lafon #stestephe #leftbank #bordeaux #bordeauxrouge #2001 — 5 months ago

Romain Fitoussi

8.9

Smooth, dense and homogeneous mouth. Black fruits blackcurrant, blackberries, prunes, roasted mocha, vanilla, tobacco, undergrowth notes.

Bouche onctueuse, dense et homogène. Fruits noirs cassis,mûres, pruneaux, torréfiées moka, vanille, tabac, notes sous-bois. — 2 years ago

Ashley Bergevin

10

Very smooth — 3 months ago

Steve Sánchez

9.4

Beautiful nose. Savory notes of salt, soy sauce, oregano, tomato bisque, earth and forest floor, mushroom, dusty, all the amazing things to expect from Saint Estephe. Medium acid still lingering, tobacco, hints of graphite , cedar, and classic cassis. Beautifully balanced and structured 13% — 4 months ago

Paul T HB

9.4

Pagodes de Cos is a second wine of Château Cos d’Estournel. 3 hour Decant. Web article, Second Growth Bordeaux according to the Bordeaux classification of 1855. Located in St.-Estephe, the château includes 160 acres of vineyards planted to 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot. The average age of the vines is 35 years. Founded in the 18th century by Louis Gaspard d’Estournel, the château’s wines were so admired in the 19th century that they were in demand all over the world. The château was bought and sold many times during the late 19th and 20th centuries, and in 2000 it was acquired by Michel Reybier, under whose direction the château has continued its climb to excellence. Robert M. Parker Jr. has noted that Cos d’Estournel “has been particularly successful in difficult vintages” and “remains impeccably managed.” Some 200,000 bottles of the signature Cos d’Estournel are produced each year. — a year ago