Ratings By Robert Parker 89 Tasting Notes It is good to see this estate, which is trapped in the shadows of its across-the-street neighbor, Cos d??Estournel, begin to fashion better and better wines. Soft, sweet tannins and loads of ripe, opulent black currant fruit intermixed with smoke and dried herb characteristics are found in the… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes The soft, plump, round, and opulent 2003 offers plenty of fig, plum, black cherry, and currant fruit, low acidity, and sweet tannin in a charming, up-front style. Drink it over the next decade.(Wine Advocate #164 Apr 2006) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 83 Tasting Notes Some attractive aromatics of forest floor, red currants, and herbs are followed by a relatively lean, medium-bodied wine that finishes with some hollowness and astringent tannin. I don??t think this is going anywhere, but it will certainly hold up and survive for another 10-15 years.(Wine Advocate #158 Apr… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 78 Tasting Notes Cos Labory??s weak, medium ruby color has more in common with a washed out Burgundy than Bordeaux. Hints of compost, herbs, damp earth, and soil scents are followed by a stretched, lean, austere claret to drink during its first 7-8 years of life.(Wine Advocate #153 Jun 2004) By… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 74 Tasting Notes Herbal, washed-out cherry and black currant notes with some dusty earth are found in this somewhat uninspiring, still moderately tannic wine, which seems to be drying out and going nowhere fast.(Wine Advocate #189 Jun 2010) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes A medium dark ruby color is followed by aromas of sweet currants and new oak in this moderately intense, soft, low acid, charming St.-Estephe. The wine possesses sweet tannin and an up-front personality that will provide plenty of pleasure over the next decade.(Wine Advocate #140 Apr 2002) By… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes This medium-bodied, peppery, herbaceous offering lacks depth. The color is a dark ruby, and the wine reveals nice berry and cassis fruit, but little else. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. (Wine Advocate #134 Apr 2001) By Robert Parker

Ratings By Robert Parker (86) Tasting Notes I was in error with respect to my severe judgment of this wine from cask. The truth is always in the bottle, and the 1997 Cos Labory is far better from bottle than it was from cask. A medium plum/ruby color is followed by a charming raspberry/cherry, Burgundian-like… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes My concerns about the 1996’s tannic ferocity were alleviated by its performance out of bottle. It has turned out to be a classic, dark ruby/purple-colored St.-Estephe with earthy black currant fruit, medium to full body, moderate tannin, and excellent purity. As the wine sits in the glass, blackberry… Read More »

Ratings By Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Although this dark ruby/purple-colored Cos Labory is more charming since bottling, aromatically it is closed, with red and black fruits just beginning to emerge. In the mouth, dusty tannin appears elevated, giving the wine a hard, dry, rough-textured finish. However, there is medium to full body, plenty of… Read More »