2014 | Château Cos d'Estournel Saint-Estèphe | Saint-Estèphe Gattinara The Barton & Guestier Réserve

The Barton & Guestier Réserve Merlot shimmers in a brilliant garnet red in the glass

mocha and underbrush waft out of emerge from the glass

and elegant

Red Burgundy rarely has this intensity of stony minerality (although it is often suggested that this is common)

Unctuous and delicious through the finish

2014 | Château Cos d'Estournel Saint-Estèphe | Saint-Estèphe Gattinara The Barton & Guestier RéserveIf you want to know what St. Estphe smells like, this is it. Aromas of spices, black truffles, forest floor, dried strawberries and tar. Its full bodied yet pinpointed on the palate with fabulous density and richness. Its opulent but in a reserved and checked way. This needs at least five or six years to come around, but its already fantastic. What harmony and structure. 98 Pts James Suckling