A Grand Cru can express a certain style
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Like a novelist who maintains the same style in different novels, a Grand Cru wine can express a certain style in different years.
Cos d'Estournel has become, in the eyes of lovers of fine wines, the archetype of a certain style of masculine elegance in which immense power is combined with grace and smoothness.
Impressive when young for the intensity of its structure and explosive fruit, Cos d'Estournel evolves slowly to arrive, when completely mature (after ten to thirty years) at an admirable smoothness and aromatic complexity.
Great vintages can be exceptionally long-lived, exceeding a century.
We have some Cos from 1870 that still tastes remarkable!
