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  • Country ranking ?

    1 203
  • Producer ranking ?

    26
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    foie gras & aged Comté cheese

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The Story

The Château Coutet vines' deep roots extract elements from its terroir to give the grapes freshness, richness and strength. For this reason the estate carries the name "Coutet,” derived from the Gascon's word for knife, to signify the fresh, lively and crisp palate that is the wine's signature style. In its youth, the wines display generous notes of white flowers, citrus fruits, honey and vanilla. Ginger and pineapple are very typical aromas i...

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Wine Information

As for the last thirty years, the winter in Barsac was sunny, dry and cold. These conditions were favorable to ensure a good dormancy of the vine. The vegetation cycle began eight days in advance and bud burst was observed on April 5th. April was cold and rainy but May brought temperatures greater than 30°C between the 17th and 25th of the month. This resulted in an early flowering- one of the earliest ones in the century. Semi-flowering occur...

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Looked at a couple of older sweeties recently. One, this Coutet, came from a bottle where the label was almost off – we could still tell it as a Coutet though not the vintage till the cork was removed (fortunately, we saved enough of it to identify the wine but the last bit crumbled back into the bottle). Anyone who recalls the very dark colours that Rieussec would quickly develop – wines from back in the 70's and 80's – would have assumed this to be one of theirs. It was extremely dark brown, teak. To be honest, I didn't hold out much hope for it but when opened, it amazed us all. Still with freshness and bags of life. Richly honeyed, lots of caramel, some complexity. Certainly one for drinking now – though bottles that have presumably been better stored may have a more inspired future awaiting them. This was a real surprise, given its appearance, but a delightful one.
  • 92p

Golden, orange tints. Apricots and burnt caramel on the nose. Fresh acidity, fruity and lively, refreshing and elegant, caramelized apricots finish, long. Directly from the estate. 92

  • 92p
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Origin

Barsac, Sauternes

Glass time

2h
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