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The March 2013 Internet-Only Auction Part 2
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Lot 158
Estimate: $100
Top shoulder, bin soiled and lightly tissue stained label.
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91NM
"This bottle of 1964 Cos dâEstournel comes from the same source as a bottle that I tasted blind in 2015 in Burgundy. Unsurprisingly it is very similar. The bouquet is reminiscent of a fine mature Saint-Ămilion with sprightly red berry fruit, the Merlot in the driving seat instead of the Cabernet Sauvignon. The palate is fresh and well balanced, still vigorous with a subtle estuarine note, mudflats and a touch of shucked oyster shell, perhaps that Japanese nori scent that I remarked on before. Saint-Estèphe appears to be the one AOC that performed almost as well as the Right Bank in 1964, at least at the very top end. Tasted at a private dinner in Burgundy."
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"This bottle of 1964 Cos dâEstournel comes from the same source as a bottle that I tasted blind in 2015 in Burgundy. Unsurprisingly it is very similar. The bouquet is reminiscent of a fine mature Saint-Ămilion with sprightly red berry fruit, the Merlot in the driving seat instead of the Cabernet Sauvignon. The palate is fresh and well balanced, still vigorous with a subtle estuarine note, mudflats and a touch of shucked oyster shell, perhaps that Japanese nori scent that I remarked on before. Saint-Estèphe appears to be the one AOC that performed almost as well as the Right Bank in 1964, at least at the very top end. Tasted at a private dinner in Burgundy."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
The world's largest fine-wine region, built around blends of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Divided by the Gironde estuary into the structured Left Bank and the plush, Merlot-led Right Bank, it is the historic benchmark for age-worthy claret and sweet Sauternes.
Chateau Cos d'Estournel is a Second Growth estate in Saint-Estephe, Bordeaux, recognizable for its pagoda-topped chai and celebrated for exotic, opulent yet powerfully structured Cabernet-based wines.