The Château Cos Labory of Saint-Estèphe of Bordeaux

Château Cos Labory
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 17 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Estèphe in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Cos Labory is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Saint-Estèphe to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Cos Labory wines

Looking for the best Château Cos Labory wines in Saint-Estèphe among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Cos Labory wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Cos Labory wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Cos Labory

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Cos Labory

How Château Cos Labory wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with balsamic sauce, lamb tagine with figs or rabbit with kriek and cherries.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Cos Labory

On the nose the red wine of Château Cos Labory. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cheese or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of sour cherry, mushroom or clove. In the mouth the red wine of Château Cos Labory. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Cos Labory

  • 1982With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Cos Labory.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Estèphe

The wine region of Saint-Estèphe is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cos d'Estournel or the Château Montrose produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Estèphe are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Estèphe often reveals types of flavors of iron, sandalwood or banana and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, dried herbs or star anise.

In the mouth of Saint-Estèphe is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 199 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Estèphe, producing 306 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Estèphe go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Cos Labory

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Estèphe? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Cos Labory.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Cos Labory and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Péronne

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Péronne, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

An overview of Saint-Véran appellation

Let’s have a look at Saint-Véran vineyard and discover the magnificent and very diverse landscapes of this appellation situated in the South of Bourgogne. Saint-Véran is one of the 5 Village appellations with Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loché and Viré-Clessé. Like them, it produces only white wines from the Chardonnay grape. What makes it special is that the vineyard is cut in two dinstinct parts by the vineyard of Pouilly-Fuissé. As anywhere else in the vineyard in Bourgogn ...

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

The word of the wine: Tanin

A natural compound contained in the skin of the grape, the seed or the woody part of the bunch, the stalk. The maceration of red wines allows the extraction of tannins, which give the texture, the solidity and also the mellowness when the tannins are "ripe". The winemaker seeks above all to extract the tannins from the skin, the ripest and most noble. The tannins of the seed or stalk, which are "greener", especially in average years, give the wine hardness and astringency. The wines of Bordeaux (based on Cabernet and Merlot) are full of tannins, those of Burgundy much less so, with Pinot Noir containing little.