2021 Les Pagodes De Cos – Zweitwein Von Cos D’Estournel – St. Estephe AC

Neal Martin: *The 2021 Les Pagodes de Cos, which represents around half the chateau’s production, has meliorated on the nose since I tasted it from barrel, developing a little more charm and swagger in its mixture of black and red fruit, graphite and mocha. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, quite strict and linear, but at least there is ample freshness here. Saline on the finish and classic in style, the 2021 is just missing a bit of length. Fine.*
(Vinous.com – 11/2023)