It is well-known that Cos's first harvests were sold in India where these wines graced the sumptuous tables of Maharajahs and Nabobs.
The famous Pagodas which surmount Cos's cellars and their door, sent from the palace of Zanzibar, symbolize this pioneering break out into the world trade.
In the days of Louis Gaspard d'Estournel, Queen Victoria and the Tsar of All Russia drank Cos, as did the Emperor Napoleon III who loved this wine so much that he had several thousands bottles sent to the Palace of the Tuileries.
This universal appeal embraced intellectuals; writers as famous as varied such as Stendhal, Jules Verne, Eugène Labiche or Karl Marx loved Cos.
Nowadays, vintages of Cos give rise to auction sales at Sotheby's or Christie's and fill the private cellars of affluent wine lovers all over Europe, Asia and America.
And so the Saint-Estèphe Grand Cru carries on fulfilling its vocation more than ever: that of bringing together the minds and hearts.
The famous Pagodas which surmount Cos's cellars and their door, sent from the palace of Zanzibar, symbolize this pioneering break out into the world trade.
In the days of Louis Gaspard d'Estournel, Queen Victoria and the Tsar of All Russia drank Cos, as did the Emperor Napoleon III who loved this wine so much that he had several thousands bottles sent to the Palace of the Tuileries.
This universal appeal embraced intellectuals; writers as famous as varied such as Stendhal, Jules Verne, Eugène Labiche or Karl Marx loved Cos.
Nowadays, vintages of Cos give rise to auction sales at Sotheby's or Christie's and fill the private cellars of affluent wine lovers all over Europe, Asia and America.
And so the Saint-Estèphe Grand Cru carries on fulfilling its vocation more than ever: that of bringing together the minds and hearts.
