Château Cos d’Estournel 2003

WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 840; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2003 which is 859. The average score for Château Cos d’Estournel is 905, making this a below average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Cos d’Estournel they use words like Fruit, Full, Black, Rich, Tannins, Ripe, Sweet, Long, Tannin, Purple, Spice, Fruits, Fine, Licorice, Exotic. The 2003 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2003 but no other wine from Château Cos d’Estournel: Memorable, Cinnamon. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (13.5% vs 12.5%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 2003 (13.5% vs 12.9%). The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2013) and should be consumed within the next 17 years (by 2033). It normally takes wines from Château Cos d’Estournel around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 18 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2006, Château Montrose 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2011, Château Montrose 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Giscours 2005, Château Pichon-Lalande 2005, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Haut-Bailly 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2005.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.

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