Cos d’Estournel 2ème Cru Classé, Saint-Estephe, 2012

From a year of modest overall expectation in Bordeaux, Cos d'Estournel produced a wine of real quality and identity. The 2013 carries the estate's characteristic complexity with conviction, its aromatic profile showing the house's signature dark fruit and spice character in a register that invites drinking earlier than the great vintages. An honest, well-made, and genuinely pleasurable expression of Saint-Estèphe from a property with the ambition and raw material to succeed in all but the most difficult years.