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Château Cos d'Estournel is a 91-hectare wine estate, 2nd Grand Cru Classé of Saint-Estèphe whose history dates back to 1791, when Louis Gaspard d'Estournel inherited the 14 hectares of Cos and Pomys vines. Bold and visionary, he developed the estate, which reached 45 hectares, while bringing many technical innovations. A cultured adventurer, he travelled throughout Asia and in particular India to make his wines known to the officers of the British army. On his return, he was inspired by his trip to design the architecture of Château Cos d'Estournel, a building topped with monumental pagodas and even received the nickname of Maharajah of Saint-Estèphe.
It is now owned by Michel Reybier and has been since 2000. Passionate about this singular château and its sublime wines, he undertook significant investments to develop the property with the renovation of the château and the construction of the first entirely gravity-fed cellar, while expanding the vineyard with the acquisition of exceptional plots.
The vineyard is made up of a mosaic of 61 plots and is planted with Cabernet Sauvignon for 65%, Merlot for 30% and a small proportion of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. While the average age of the vines is 45 years, the Cos d'Estournel vineyard also has 80 to 100-year-old vines, exceptional old vines that bring depth and structure to the wine.
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