On the heights of Saint-Estèphe stand the majestic pagodas of Cos d’Estournel, the legacy of Louis-Gaspard Lacoste de Maniban, Marquis d’Estournel, the “Maharajah of Saint Estèphe”. An audacious man, he went all over the world to extol the merits of his wine and win over new customers. The estate, established on this gravelly hillside of Cos and which Louis-Gaspard d’Estournel inherited in 1791, was fashioned over the years by this visionary, and still today it allows for cultivation of a terroir with a remarkable complexity and richness.

Since 2000, Cos d’Estournel, Second Growth in 1855, has belonged to Mr Michel Reybier. Wishing to follow the avant-garde vision of the founder and to take a decisive technical lead, in 2008 he built the first Bordeaux wine cellar working purely by gravity. This tool helps in the search for excellence at the estate and allows for the grapes to be treated with true respect. And so the great terroir of Cos d'Estournel has been further enhanced, illustrated by the Grand Vin Cos d’Estournel and Pagodes de Cos.