The vineyard of Cos d’Estournel spreads around the château on 91 hectares.  The Cabernet Sauvignon vines (60% of the vineyard) find the soil of their choice in the thin layers of gravely soil situated on the top and on the southern slopes of the hill.  On the other hand, the Merlot vines (40% of the vineyard) excel on the eastern slopes and on the slopes where the Saint-Estephe limestone bed shows on the surface.  The percentage of Cabernet and Merlot varies from one vintage to another according to the year weather conditions, benefiting successively to the one or the other.  Plantation is extremely dense (8000 to 10000 vines per hectare) and the average age of the vineyard is high (35 years old on the average) in order to enable the roots to extend excessively and to obtain a very slender yield per vine that will create the “Grand Goût”

Château Cos d’Estournel - Saturated ruby-purple color. Very fine, perfumed aromas of black fruits, violet and licorice; on the nose, this has the class of a Medoc first growth. Lively and chocolatey in the mouth, with sound acidity giving the flavors good delineation.