2018 Château Cos d’Estournel, 2ème Grand Cru Classé Saint-Estèphe – En Primeur – Case of 6x75cl IB

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  • Product description

    Product description

    2018 Château Cos d’Estournel, 2ème Grand Cru Classé Saint-Estèphe is now released.

    Château Cos d’Estournel is the star of St Estephe that competes with the quality of some 1st growths. Founded in the 19th century, today Michel Reybier owns the estate, and is innovating using detailed technical analysis and using isothermal vats to allow homogeneous extraction during fermentation. A higher percentage of Merlot is found in the Cos blend compared with the rest of the Haut-Medoc, and this helps produce fleshy and richly textured wines

    The 91 hectares of vines are planted with two third of Cabernet Sauvignon, but also Merlot and a small proportion of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, with an average of 45 years old vines. The wines are aged for 18 months in 80% new oak.

    While this ambitiously priced release of Cos d’Estournel places it only below the 2009 and 2010, and roughly in line with the 2016 vintage in the market, it doesn’t appear out of place, given that this is most probably amongst the top three wines ever produced at this legendary Chateaux. In a vintage that sometimes struggles to find the right balance of acidity and structure, Cos d’Estournel hits it out of the park. This will be a truly fascinating wine to follow over the next 50 to 100 years and is likely to become a benchmark, not just for the property, or the appellation, but for Bordeaux.

    Offered for sale ‘En Primeur’ under bond. Price shown is per case (6x75cl bottles) and excludes UK duty and VAT which will be charged at the prevailing rate when the wine is released from bond. Onward delivery from bond charges are not included, free delivery on orders above £100 does not apply. Reward Card points are not accruable or redeemable on ‘En Primeur’ or In Bond sales.

    BACK TO BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

    Our first tasting visit on the 1st April, one’s never sure if it’s a positive or a negative to start with one of the best wines of the vintage. Does it give unrealistic expectations for the vintage, or does it allow a proper standard to be set? Either way, the wine was rarely bettered throughout the rest of the week. Wonderfully intense nose, rich plum, touch of mineral and saline on the perfumed nose. Black pepper, prune and strawberry. There’s a superb level of depth to the fruit with a wonderful balance of savory. Powerful but with great poise, it’s not obvious or overbearing, it has such a beautiful freshness and cool fruit profile. Ripe, rich and perfect balance, black cherry, raspberries, with a finish that just goes on, chocolate and leather mingle afterwards. Superb.

    - 19 pts Davy's Wine Merchant

    The beautiful integration of ripe fruit and ripe tannins gives the wine a layered and agile mouthfeel. Soft and gorgeous with silky tannins that really kick in at the finish and carry the wine for a long time.

    - 98 pts James Suckling
  • Delivery

    Delivery

    At Davy’s we pride ourselves on our service levels and strive to offer a first class service. We follow up every order to make sure you’re completely happy and that your wine has arrived in perfect condition. Should you have a query or problem please contact a member of the team who will be pleased to help on 020 8858 9147 or email orders@davy.co.uk. Your satisfaction is paramount so if you haven’t enjoyed a wine we want to hear about it.

    Delivery is FREE FOR ORDERS OVER £100 to a single UK mainland address*. All other orders are charged £9.95 per UK mainland delivery address*. Excludes items purchased in bond where delivery will be charged at cost.

    FREE LOCAL DELIVERY, available when you order six bottles or more, or over £75, to a single address (includes SE10, SE3, SE7, SE8 and SE13). Please call the customer service team on 020 8858 9147. Please allow up to 5 days for delivery. For orders required in less than 5 days, our standard terms apply.

    When placing your order you can request for wines to be signed for when delivered or left in a safe place if a specific instruction is given. Please note that we cannot accept responsibility for any subsequent loss or damage which occurs once the consignment has been left.

    Wines ordered before 12pm should be delivered within 48 hours (working days). If for any reason this is not possible, we will contact you to let you know.

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  • Returns

    Returns

    Sale or return is available. All goods returned must be in a reasonable condition and only unopened cases will be accepted. A minimum collection charge of £7.95 will be applied to all sale or return orders.

    Any damaged bottles must be reported within 48 hours of delivery. A full refund will be given on receipt of the damaged bottles.

    Orders may be cancelled up to seven working days from receipt of delivery provided that all wines are unopened and in their original condition.

    To cancel an order customers should contact the Customer Service team on 020 8858 6011, fax details on 020 7716 3366, or email orders@davy.co.uk. It is your responsibility to keep the wines safe and in their original condition until collection is made.

    In the event of customer cancellation full refunds will only be given if we are notified at least 7 days before the date of the event. Refunds will only be given after this time if we are able to re-sell your tickets.

    In the event that a tasting is cancelled, Davy’s shall offer customers a full refund.

Product description

2018 Château Cos d’Estournel, 2ème Grand Cru Classé Saint-Estèphe is now released.

Château Cos d’Estournel is the star of St Estephe that competes with the quality of some 1st growths. Founded in the 19th century, today Michel Reybier owns the estate, and is innovating using detailed technical analysis and using isothermal vats to allow homogeneous extraction during fermentation. A higher percentage of Merlot is found in the Cos blend compared with the rest of the Haut-Medoc, and this helps produce fleshy and richly textured wines

The 91 hectares of vines are planted with two third of Cabernet Sauvignon, but also Merlot and a small proportion of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, with an average of 45 years old vines. The wines are aged for 18 months in 80% new oak.

While this ambitiously priced release of Cos d’Estournel places it only below the 2009 and 2010, and roughly in line with the 2016 vintage in the market, it doesn’t appear out of place, given that this is most probably amongst the top three wines ever produced at this legendary Chateaux. In a vintage that sometimes struggles to find the right balance of acidity and structure, Cos d’Estournel hits it out of the park. This will be a truly fascinating wine to follow over the next 50 to 100 years and is likely to become a benchmark, not just for the property, or the appellation, but for Bordeaux.

Offered for sale ‘En Primeur’ under bond. Price shown is per case (6x75cl bottles) and excludes UK duty and VAT which will be charged at the prevailing rate when the wine is released from bond. Onward delivery from bond charges are not included, free delivery on orders above £100 does not apply. Reward Card points are not accruable or redeemable on ‘En Primeur’ or In Bond sales.

BACK TO BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR

Our first tasting visit on the 1st April, one’s never sure if it’s a positive or a negative to start with one of the best wines of the vintage. Does it give unrealistic expectations for the vintage, or does it allow a proper standard to be set? Either way, the wine was rarely bettered throughout the rest of the week. Wonderfully intense nose, rich plum, touch of mineral and saline on the perfumed nose. Black pepper, prune and strawberry. There’s a superb level of depth to the fruit with a wonderful balance of savory. Powerful but with great poise, it’s not obvious or overbearing, it has such a beautiful freshness and cool fruit profile. Ripe, rich and perfect balance, black cherry, raspberries, with a finish that just goes on, chocolate and leather mingle afterwards. Superb.

- 19 pts Davy's Wine Merchant

The beautiful integration of ripe fruit and ripe tannins gives the wine a layered and agile mouthfeel. Soft and gorgeous with silky tannins that really kick in at the finish and carry the wine for a long time.

- 98 pts James Suckling

Delivery

At Davy’s we pride ourselves on our service levels and strive to offer a first class service. We follow up every order to make sure you’re completely happy and that your wine has arrived in perfect condition. Should you have a query or problem please contact a member of the team who will be pleased to help on 020 8858 9147 or email orders@davy.co.uk. Your satisfaction is paramount so if you haven’t enjoyed a wine we want to hear about it.

Delivery is FREE FOR ORDERS OVER £100 to a single UK mainland address*. All other orders are charged £9.95 per UK mainland delivery address*. Excludes items purchased in bond where delivery will be charged at cost.

FREE LOCAL DELIVERY, available when you order six bottles or more, or over £75, to a single address (includes SE10, SE3, SE7, SE8 and SE13). Please call the customer service team on 020 8858 9147. Please allow up to 5 days for delivery. For orders required in less than 5 days, our standard terms apply.

When placing your order you can request for wines to be signed for when delivered or left in a safe place if a specific instruction is given. Please note that we cannot accept responsibility for any subsequent loss or damage which occurs once the consignment has been left.

Wines ordered before 12pm should be delivered within 48 hours (working days). If for any reason this is not possible, we will contact you to let you know.

view full details

Returns

Sale or return is available. All goods returned must be in a reasonable condition and only unopened cases will be accepted. A minimum collection charge of £7.95 will be applied to all sale or return orders.

Any damaged bottles must be reported within 48 hours of delivery. A full refund will be given on receipt of the damaged bottles.

Orders may be cancelled up to seven working days from receipt of delivery provided that all wines are unopened and in their original condition.

To cancel an order customers should contact the Customer Service team on 020 8858 6011, fax details on 020 7716 3366, or email orders@davy.co.uk. It is your responsibility to keep the wines safe and in their original condition until collection is made.

In the event of customer cancellation full refunds will only be given if we are notified at least 7 days before the date of the event. Refunds will only be given after this time if we are able to re-sell your tickets.

In the event that a tasting is cancelled, Davy’s shall offer customers a full refund.

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