Cos d'Estournel - 2010 (750ml) St. Estephe continues to push the envelope

continues to push the envelope of quality to higher and higher heights

more obviously tannic wine than the 1989

but today it is not showing well

and complex

Cos d'Estournel - 2010 (750ml) St. Estephe continues to push the envelopeThe 2010 is a more structured, restrained, less flamboyant version of the 2009. A final blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot that hit 14. 5% natural alcohol, this wine (which represents only 55% of the estate's production) is full bodied, classic and built along the lines of the 2000 (although that wine was made before Reybier acquired the estate and upgraded quality significantly). This wine