2025 Cos d`Estournel Blanc (Bordeaux)

Love the two whites from Cos this year, each with its own character and personality. They field grafted the vines back in 2021 onto more limestone-rich soils, and the results are clear in the glass. This is juicy, characterful, with structure and depth, fleshy white peach and pear, sage and lemongrass, waves of oyster shell and sea spray, steel and silk, with long ageing potential. Harvest August 25 to September 6 % new oak. 3 pH, even lower than 2024. 96 points

The 2025 Cos d`Estournel Blanc is a potent, driving dry white. Green apple, pear, mint, white flowers and candied lime are some of the many nuances that develop with a bit of time in the glass. There`s gorgeous mid-palate richness here that just needs time to emerge. 90-93 points

The 2025 Cos d`Estournel Blanc was picked between August 25 and September 3 and matured in just 6% new oak. It is very fragrant and pure on the nose, Anjou pear and wild peach, vanilla pod and light chamomile scents evolving with time in the glass. Fine delineation. The palate is very well balanced, with a silver thread of acidity. Fine tension, quite persistent in the mouth, with a brisk and focused finish, this is a delicious white Cos d`Estournel that, again, will be difficult to resist once in bottle. 92-94 points