The 2016 Cos d’Estournel is a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc aged in 65% new French oak and 35% two-year-old oak for 15 months. Bottled in July 2018, it is a deep purple in color and starts off a little closed and reticent, opening slowly and seductively to reveal beautiful lilac, rosehip tea, crushed stones and camphor nuances over a core of crème de cassis, kirsch, blueberry wild and mocha, plus whiffs of incense and wood smoke. The palate is simply electric, charged with energy and depth of flavors that seem to defy the elegance and ethereal nature of its medium-bodied weight, with super-ripe, densely pixelated tannins that firmly frame the myriad of fruity and floral sparks, finishing with duration. epic. Fair. Magic.