Cos d'Estournel - 2001 (750ml) Loire It is an exceptionally powerful

It is an exceptionally powerful wine with a dense purple color

Finishes with chewy tannins and strong oakiness

but there's amazing finesse and refinement to the texture

is 100% varietal

fig jam and spicy flavors to flourish on the viscous finish

Cos d'Estournel - 2001 (750ml) Loire It is an exceptionally powerfulA beautiful effort, the 2001 Cos dEstournel (65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot) exhibits a poised, noble bouquet of black currants, cedar, spice box, and licorice. A hint of truffles emerges as it sits in the glass. Medium bodied with sweet fruit (mostly black) and nicely integrated wood, it builds incrementally in the mouth, ending with a 50 second finish. Drink this stylish, restrained yet substantial claret over the next 15+ years. Robert