Pagodes de Cos - Saint-Estèphe 2020

TASTED

92 / 100

byAndreas Larssonthe7/6/2021

Sweet red berries, kirsch, lightly roasted oak and coffee notes. Nice palate in a classically styled fresh medium bodied shape with pure and elegant fruit, good balance and length, already accessible without lacking structure.

Le Figaro

93-95 / 100

the6/2/2021

Un nez de pruneau et de fruits noirs, légèrement épicé. Une bouche exceptionnellement précise, énergique et épicée, avec une densité qui va croissante tout en maintenant le cap sur la fraîcheur, et des tannins duveteux doucement chocolatés.

Vinous

90-92 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe6/1/2021

The 2020 Les Pagodes de Cos is very easy to like. Silky tannins and pretty, lifted aromatics play off a core of supple fruit. In most vintages, the Pagodes is perhaps a bit more exuberant. I am curious to see what things look like once the 2020 is in bottle.

Jeb DUNNUCK

91-93 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/28/2021

The second wine of the château, the 2020 Pagodes De Cos is based on 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and the balance equal parts Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, all raised in 30% new barrels. It shows the pure, elegant, concentrated style of the vintage with its fresher dark fruits, graphite, tobacco, and leafy herb-like aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied, with beautiful mid-palate concentration, this classic, elegant, focused 2020 is very much in the style of the vintage and will benefit from short-term cellaring and keep for 20 years or so.

Vinous

89-91 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/27/2021

The 2020 Les Pagodes de Cos has a well-defined, almost Graves-like bouquet of a mélange of red and black fruit: punnets of freshly picked strawberries and raspberried, and blackberries following later. The palate is medium-bodied with very supple tannins. This Les Pagodes has a smooth veneer, just a faint wisp of dark chocolate and espresso infusing the predominantly red fruit. A second wine that will probably drink well after one or two years in bottle.

Decanter.com

92 / 100

byJane Ansonthe5/25/2021

Maintains both a spiced kick and creamy texture through the palate, giving form and character. Silky texture, with cinnamon and saffron-laden blackberry fruits. This is precise and confident with sweet and tender tannins, the power is almost hidden at this point but it is there. 38% of overall production. 4% Petit Verdot completes the blend.

The Wine Cellar Insider

92-94 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/21/2021

Fresh, bright, spicy and almost ready to go. The wine is medium-bodied, savory, lifted and polished. The fresh, red pit fruits are accompanied by tobacco leaf, spice, cigar box and savory notes on the nose, palate and finish. Drink this young while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. The wine blends 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot. 92-94

Wine Advocate

91-93 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/20/2021

The 2020 Les Pagodes de Cos is composed of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot. The harvest took place September 10–24 with a yield of 39 hectoliters per hectare. The alcohol weighs in at 13.28% with a pH of 3.85 and an IPT (total phenolic index) of 68. It is being aged in French oak barrels, 30% new. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it sashays out of the glass with pretty, open-knit scents of stewed black plums, boysenberries and warm cassis, plus savory hints of charcuterie, woodsmoke, black truffles and bouquet garni. Medium-bodied, the palate is packed with crunchy black fruit flavors and dried herbs accents, supported by bags of freshness and well-managed, grainy tannins, finishing with great length and a lively skip in its step.

Anthocyanes

93-95 / 100

byYohan Castaingthe5/11/2021

Très joli nez de fruits noirs, de violette et de mure avec des accents épicés, tout cela dans la fraicheur et la délicatesse. Fumé délicat. Bouche droite, tendue, belle fraicheur avec une allonge formidable et très aérienne. Juteux à souhait. Du croquant. Très belle bouteille qui devrait vieillir admirablement. Très calcaire dans son expression.

Falstaff

92-94 / 100

the5/10/2021

Kräftiges Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, breitere Randaufhellung. Nuan- cen von reifen Herzkirschen, ein Hauch von Lakritze, kandierte Orangenzesten, feine Gewürznoten. Saftig, reife Kirschen und dunkle Schokolade, wirkt leichtfüßig, gut integrierte Tannine, mineralisch und gut anhaftend, ein vielseitiger Speisenbegleiter.