Cos d'Estournel Blanc - Bordeaux 2022

Wine Advocate

93

par Yohan Castaing le 06/03/2025

A blend of 74% Sauvignon Blanc and 26% Sémillon, the 2022 Cos d'Estournel Blanc wafts from the glass with aromas of spices, ripe orchard fruits, boxwood and herbs. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated and layered, it's framed by delicate dry extracts and a phenolic, elegant bitterness enhanced by oaky notes, culminating in a long, saline and ethereal finish.

The Wine Cellar Insider

95

par Jeff Leve le 04/03/2025

Cos d'Estournel, Château Blanc

Jeb DUNNUCK

95

par Jeb Dunnuck le 28/02/2025

The Grand Vin 2022 Château Cos D'Estournel Blanc is similarly light gold-hued and is based on 74% Sauvignon Blanc and 26% Semillon. Lots of pear, white flowers, crushed citrus, and subtle salty nuances all shine here, and it's medium to full-bodied, rich, and layered, with a great finish. It's cut from the same cloth as the Pagodes yet brings a touch more precision, vibrancy, and length.

Vinous

92

par Neal Martin le 12/02/2025

The 2022 Cos d'Estournel Blanc has a delineated and focused bouquet with limestone, Granny Smith, grapefruit and beeswax touches. The palate is well balanced with a keen line of acidity, though it is the texture that is most appealing. Again, it is a little waxy but with endearing harmony and a subtle spicy residue on the aftertaste. There are no fireworks—it's just a fine, dry white Bordeaux.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

95

par Jane Anson le 06/02/2025

Powerful grip and flesh, juicy melon and pear, spiced quince, candied citrus and sharper lime notes, this is opulent but cut through with steel and graphite, really great quality, textured and with ageing potential. Michel Reybier owner.

Jamessuckling.com

96

par James Suckling le 03/02/2025

This has a layered nature with pear drops, cooked apples, lemon meringue and green mangoes. It’s full-bodied but fresh and vivid. Chalky and stony. Some seashell undertones. Fruity and satisfying at the end. Drink or hold.

Vinous

94

par Antonio Galloni le 28/01/2025

The 2022 Cos d'Estournel Blanc is a blend of 74% Sauvignon Blanc and 26% Sémillon. Rich and creamy on the palate, the 2022 Cos Blanc offers up a striking mix of orchard fruit, chamomile, tangerine oil, mint and spice. Vinification and aging in barrel emphasizes the wine's inherent oiliness and weight. This is a serious, structured white for the dinner table.

Vinous

92

par Neal Martin le 30/06/2023

The 2022 Cos d'Estournel Blanc, a blend of 74% Sauvignon Blanc and 26% Semillon, matured entirely in one to three-year-old barrels. This has a more harmonious bouquet than the Pagodes Blanc, with fine depth and freshness. The palate is well-balanced with fine acidity. The 2022 is bright with lime and orange zest notes, gently building toward a lightly spiced and pleasing finish. This joyful Cos d'Estournel Blanc should provide at least a decade's drinking pleasure.

Wine Maniacs

94-95

par Lin Liu le 30/05/2023

Decanter.com

96

par Georgina Hindle le 25/05/2023

Green apple, grass, soft floral touches, some orange zest and fresh pineapple. Electric and thrilling, this is sharp, agile, sweet, tangy and salty - a gorgeous combination of fresh citrus fruits and peach flesh with flint and wet stone edges. Lovely direction and focus and still such depth on the mid palate which some are lacking. Has appealing orange, lemon, peach, pear, apple fruit, juicy friendliness and yet this has persistence from start to finish that is so captivating and electric. Round, deep, sensual, rich and opulent but not heavy, retains its firm structure but with a delicious lemony sugary brightness that just lifts the palate and keeps the attention. A brilliant white wine, just so enjoyable from the moment it touches the palate, widening, expanding, deepening and delighting. 4.21 total acidity, 3.21pH.

Vinous

91-93

par Neal Martin le 17/05/2023

The 2022 Cos d'Estournel Blanc, a blend of 74% Sauvignon Blanc and 26% Semillon, matured entirely in one to three-year-old barrels. This has a more harmonious bouquet than the Pagodes Blanc, with fine depth and freshness. The palate is well-balanced with fine acidity. The 2022 is bright with lime and orange zest notes, gently building toward a lightly spiced and pleasing finish. This joyful Cos d'Estournel Blanc should provide at least a decade's drinking pleasure.

The Vintage Journal

95-96

par Andrew Caillard MW le 17/05/2023

Pale coolour. Intense grapefruit, lemon curd aromas with flinty hint oil skin notes. Generous sweet fruite wine with ample leomn curd, grapefruit, lime flavours, lovely bitter tonic water notes and slippery/ saline notes. Finishes chalky and minerally. 57% Sauvignon Blanc 43% Semillon 13.14% alc

matthewjukes.com

18,5

par Matthew Jukes le 15/05/2023

Yvesbeck.wine

94-95

par Yves Beck le 10/05/2023

Le bouquet du Cos d'Estournel blanc évoque d'entrée une notion de fusion, de symbiose entre tout ce qui peut être bon dans le Sauvignon et le Sémillon. Entre des nuances de feuilles de thé, de poivre blanc, de poire, de pêches blanches et de citrons, il y a de quoi égayer le nerf olfactif ! L'attaque se veut ample mais néanmoins saline et vive. Il y a donc du monde, mais trié sur le volet avec pour effet de créer une exceptionnelle symbiose entre largeur et énergie. Le tout est finalisé par du fruit et de la salinité. Une sorte de Bull's Eye en résumé, ou en plein dans le mille !

Jeb DUNNUCK

94-96

par Jeb Dunnuck le 10/05/2023

Even more impressive, the 2022 Château Cos D'Estournel Blanc is 74% Sauvignon Blanc and 26% Sémillon brought up all in used oak. A focused, pure, seamless white, it has obvious minerality in its lemon and lime fruits as well as mint and leafy herb nuances. Hitting 13.4% alcohol with a pH of 3.2, it's going to benefit from a year or three of bottle age and drink beautifully over the following decade at least.

Vinous

92-94

par Antonio Galloni le 09/05/2023

The 2022 Cos d’Estournel Blanc is gorgeous. Rich and layered, the 2022 deftly balances the natural intensity of the year with notable texture. Lemon confit, marzipan, white flowers, mint, tangerine oil and white pepper are some of the many notes that emerge over time. More than anything else, it is the wine’s balance that is of note. Drinking window : 2025-2030

The Wine Cellar Insider

95-95

par Jeff Leve le 05/05/2023

White flowers, bright yellow citrus, green apples and pears create the enticing perfume. On the palate, it is the pomelo, lemon curd and a refreshing touch of spicy, green apples, with crisp citrus and vanilla that gives this freshness and ripe, sweet, fruit in the finish. The wine blends 74% Sauvignon Blanc and 24% Semillon. Drink from 2024-2032.

Jamessuckling.com

96-97

par James Suckling le 11/04/2023

Pretty and rich white peach, pear and apple aromas and flavors. Full-bodied with plenty of fruit and bright acidity. Chalky and stony. Happy to watch.