This is a reproduction of my article published in Spirito Di Vino Asia Year #3, Issue #11 

“Three centuries” of Chateau Cos d’Estournel – tasting of 15 vintages: 2005, 2003, 2000, 1996, 1995, 1990, 1986, 1985, 1982, 1961, 1955, 1953, 1949, 1928, 1870

To put our tasting in historical perspective, let’s think that in 1870, Hong Kong had a population of 130,000 residents and it was six years before the telephone was invented.  1928 was the year when the first airplane landed in Hong Kong, two years after the first movie with sound track was ever produced.  1953 saw the first man reach the Mount Everest Summit and it was 1 year before the first color TV was introduced.  In 1961, Hong Kong’s population had reached 3.13 million and it was one year before its Kai Tak Airport opened. In 2003, Hong Kong’s population reached 6.9 million and China sent its first human spaceglight in orbit.   That all of the wines included in this tasting survived those eras in such a beautifully drinkable way was extraordinary.....