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Cos d'Estournel Blanc 2015

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Tasting Notes

The 2015 Cos d'Estournel Blanc is brisk and nicely focused throughout. This is a beautiful, classy wine endowed with lovely energy and overall tension. In this vintage, the emphasis seems to have been on maintaining freshness, which comes through in the wine's vivacity. Green orchard fruit, sage and mint add the closing shades of nuance.

Score: 90 - 92 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Date: 01 April 2016

A dense and pretty white with sliced apple, pear and pineapple. Full body and very fresh. Tangy and bright. Lovely energy to this.

Score: 94 - 95 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 01 April 2016

The 2015 Cos d'Estournel Blanc is a blend of 75% Sauvignon Blanc and 25% Sémillon, picked between 14 and 29 September at a low 29 hl/ha. It has a charming bouquet with lime flower, apricot blossom and just a touch of blood orange. There is a sprightliness to this wine. The palate is crisp and fresh with a fine bead of acidity, plenty of tension here and perhaps more precision than previous vintages that I have tasted since its debut. I like the flow of energy here. This is an excellent Cos d'Estournel Blanc that should age with style and panache.

Score: 91 - 93 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2019-2035 Date: 01 April 2016

75% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Sémillon. 15% new oak. Pale greenish straw. Very exuberant nose. And pretty tight and grapefruity dry finish. Tight. Chalky finish. Tight and racy and ambitious. 12.9%

Score: 17 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2017-2020 Date: 01 April 2016