Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 29/02/2012 The finest Goulee to date, the wine has an opaque purple color, a glorious nose of creme de cassis, blackberries, forest floor, and some subtle charcoal, and fabulous fruit on the attack, mid-palate and finish. The wine is opulent, even viscous, with unreal concentration and a full-bodied purity and texture. This wine simply over-delivers at every stage of the tasting experience. It is definitely a candidate to buy by the caseful and drink over the next decade or more. This is a major sleeper of the vintage. Created by Cos d’Estournel’s winemaker Jean-Guillaume Prats and proprietor Michel Reybier, this wine represents 90,000 bottles of absolutely remarkable claret made from a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot that has been lavished with the same attention and care that Cos d’Estournel receives. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 27/04/2010 Made by Cos d’Estournel’s Jean-Guillaume Prats and owner Michel Reybier, Goulee is meant to offer an introduction to a top-flight Bordeaux. Composed of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot, it exhibits a sexy, upfront nose of sweet black currant fruit, cassis, blackberries, forest floor, and underbrush. Dense purple-colored and fleshy with abundant glycerin, this pure, deep, chewy wine will be delicious young and age nicely for 7-8 years. (Tasted once.) (89-91) (89-91)

The finest Goulee to date, the wine has an opaque purple color, a glorious nose of creme de cassis, blackberries, forest floor, and some subtle charcoal, and fabulous fruit on the attack, mid-palate and finish. The wine is opulent, even viscous, with unreal concentration and a full-bodied purity and texture. This wine simply over-delivers at every stage of the tasting experience. It is definitely a candidate to buy by the caseful and drink over the next decade or more. This is a major sleeper of the vintage. Created by Cos d’Estournel’s winemaker Jean-Guillaume Prats and proprietor Michel Reybier, this wine represents 90,000 bottles of absolutely remarkable claret made from a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot that has been lavished with the same attention and care that Cos d’Estournel receives.

(from gravelly soil in the northern reaches of the Medoc): Bright medium ruby. Aromas of black cherry, cassis and licorice. Dense, layered and sweet, with a lush texture and noteworthy concentration to the slightly high-toned flavors of blackberry, cassis and licorice pastille. Harmonious acidity energizes the mid-palate and extends the rising finish, which features firm but ripe tannins and a saline nuance. The best vintage yet for this top value made under the direction of Jean-Guillaume Prats and Michel Reybier, respectively the manager and owner of Cos d'Estournel.

(80% cabernet sauvignon and 20% merlot, from a crop level of just 30 hectoliters per hectare, according to Jean-Guillaume Prats; IPT 91; 50% new oak). Purple ruby. Sexy aromas of blackcurrant, sweet spices, mocha, licorice and minerals. In a distinctly supple yet structured style, with juicy acidity intensifying its dark berry and spice flavors. Shows very good flesh and sweetness over a firm tannic spine and spreads out nicely on the persistent, fresh finish. If I was a bit disappointed with Cos d'Estournel, I was very pleasantly surprised by this wine.

Very deep garnet core. The nose is a little harsh at the moment, a little raw, black fruits, a touch of wild hedgerow, some undergrowth. The palate is full-bodied with a lot of extraction, a little "soupy" in texture on the entry, dense black fruits, very concentrated, perhaps too much so when there is little need to be. Languedoc like finish. Tasted March 2010.

[80CS/20M ] Made by the Cos D'Estournel team. Very woody at present - oak aromas completely mask the fruit on the nose; rich and powerful to taste, a new world character with a richly ripe fruit, and a wood tannin texture that is not excessive, given the 50% new oak; very ripe black berry and bitter chocolate flavour of modest complexity – long, even and potent , though not fierce, and with good fruit length. Very good, in its particular style, but probably an tiring prospect to drink. 2013-20+