Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint-Estephe 2000 CRV5 or anything that refuses easy

or anything that refuses easy categorization

bay leaf and star anise

Full-bodied yet supple

crushed flowers

Niess left a decade of Burgundian winemaking at Radio-Coteau to found North American Press in 2019

Chateau Cos d'Estournel Saint-Estephe 2000 CRV5 or anything that refuses easyA legendary bottle entering its prime. Cos d'Estournel is the 'King of Saint Estphe,' the Second Growth whose Indian pagoda style chateau is one of the most recognizable silhouettes in the Mdoc. The 2000 vintage is one of the great Bordeaux years of the past half century a millennial vintage that produced wines of extraordinary depth and longevity. At 25 years old, this is well into its drinking window: the tannins have softened, the fruit has turned