Cos D'Estournel is one of my favorite Medoc wines and this 1988 did not dissapoint. Clearly into the secondary phase of development the wine is now mature and giving up its' pleasure.

The bouquet has notes of hardwood charcoal, red raspberry, plum and clay with that mature melange of all the components.

The flavors are of red raspberry and lots of cedar in a medium bodied package with a long finish. The tannin is still there but very much in the background and unobtrusive. While drinking very well now I feel that this wine will continue to drink nicely for another five years, but there is no need to defer gratification.