Cos d'Estournel - 2000 (750ml) South Australia Dense saturated ruby/purple in color

Dense saturated ruby/purple in color

With hints of straw yellow

and tannic

followed by hints of

Cos d'Estournel - 2000 (750ml) South Australia Dense saturated ruby/purple in colorShowing some lightening at the edges as well as some amber, this is the least impressive of the greatest vintages for Cos dEstournel between 2000 and 2009. It is an outstanding wine, but it is closer to maturity and lacking the concentration, texture, and overall compelling aromatics of more recent vintages. The wine displays roasted herbs intermixed with licorice, incense, black cherry, and black currant fruit. Medium bodied, rather than full,