WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 878; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2011 which is 865. The average score for Château Cos d’Estournel is 904, 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 2011 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2011 but no other wine from Château Cos d’Estournel: Sedate, Fruited, Blueberries, Vigour, Citric, Furry, Grippy, Feminine, Pleasant, Traditional. The wine will be ready to drink in 1 years (in 2017) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). 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 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Margaux 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Cos d’Estournel 2011
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2016-01-05 |
gbp |
100 |