1996 Chateau Cos d'Estournel
Description
Tasted at the château, the 1996 Cos d'Estournel was aged in 65% new oak (unlike the 1995 which was 100%) and is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot. It has a straight down the line, intense and focused, graphite and melted tar bouquet. It is almost Pauillac in style, no surprise given its proximity. The palate is medium-bodied with fresh acidity, finer tannin than the 1986 Cos d'Estournel tasted alongside, but sharing those same leitmotifs of black pepper and sea salt. I like the nonchalance of this Cos d'Estournel. At 20 years it is not an ostentatious wine, not determined to go out and impress, but its nuance, stylishness and classicism grow on you. Its virtues seem to register only after you swallow the wine and find yourself tempted back for more. Excellent.
- Alcohol %: 13%
- Decant Time: 1 hour
- Taste: dark black-cherry, blackcurrant, chocolate, cedar, cassis, toasted notes, undergrowth
- Food Matching: roast lamb, beef stew, mature cheeses, duck confit
- Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon : 65%, Merlot : 35%,
Tasting note
1996 年的愛詩圖爾是一款優雅且複雜的葡萄酒。深紅寶石色澤，散發著黑櫻桃和黑加侖子的香氣，伴隨著豐富的巧克力和雪松的氣息。入口後，濃郁的黑色水果味與新鮮的酸度完美平衡，酒精帶來一絲溫暖和圓潤感。細膩、光滑的成熟單寧引領著悠長的尾韻，黑加侖子的果味在尾韻中稍顯稀薄，但隨著時間的推移會更加豐滿。這款酒既含蓄又感性，慢慢揭示出其迷人的故事和豐富的視覺享受。
The 1996 Chateau Cos d'Estournel is a wine of remarkable elegance and complexity. With a medium to deep, darkly pigmented ruby-red color, it offers aromas of dark black-cherry and blackcurrant fruit, complemented by plentiful chocolate and cedar notes. On the palate, the concentrated, ripe dark-fruit is nicely balanced by fresh acidity, with a touch of warmth and roundness from the alcohol. Fine, smooth, ripe tannins lead to a long finish, where cassis fruit becomes a little watery but promises to fill out with time. This wine is both demure and sensuous, a fascinating and elegant nectar that reveals itself slowly, evoking stories of distant places and sumptuous visions.
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