Les Pagodes de Cos 2017 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is elegant and offers minerality, fine concentration as well as fine power. This wine needs to be put in carafe. It reveals notes of blackberry, raspberry and small notes of cassis associated with small touches of violet / iris, racy minerality as well as discreet hints of sweet spices / tonka bean. The mouth is fruity, well-balanced and offers a good definition, gourmandize, a beautiful juiciness, roundness, racy minerality, a very fine acidulous frame, tension as well as a fine unctuosity. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of small red berries, fleshy / juicy red cherry associated with fine touches of blackberry, rosewood, violet as well as discreet hints of iris, tonka bean, toasted and a subtle hint of mocha / cocoa bug. A fine firmness and tension on the finish / persistence.