1988 Château Cos d'Estournel, Cru Classé St-Estèphe
Dry, Red, Still
France
Ready/Drink Up 2000 – 2015 
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Tasting Note
Combines weight, flavour and elegance.
Region Details
Bordeaux is France's largest quality wine region, indeed producing almost as much wine as Australia. Its westerly position ensures a mild maritime climate, a long growing season and mild summers; rains in the autumn are the primary threat to the harvest, dampening expectations in around one year in three. Red wine predominates - indeed many white wine vines are being uprooted today - with Merlot the dominant variety. The region is dissected by the Gironde estuary, with on the Left Bank the district appellations of the Médoc and the Graves and on the Right Bank, those of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol amongst others. Sauternes is made in the south of the region. The notable red and sweet wines were classified in 1855 according to their then status. At that time not a single Pomerol or Saint-Emilion was deemed worthy despite their historic traditions, and only a single Graves wine. In the last few decades first Saint-Emilion and then Pomerol have become intensely fashionable, their usually small production guaranteeing a premium for scarcity.
Vintage Notes
1988 - Bordeaux
A vintage of two halves. Rain at the start of the harvest led some producers to pick early, with under-ripe flavours and grainy tannins as a consequence. Those who gathered the crop later were able to produce well-structured and harmonious wines. These have classic balance of fruit, acid and tannin, the epitome of 'old-fashioned' claret.
Grape Variety
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