2020 Château Coutet Sauternes Barsac (Premier Grand Cru Classé) 375 ml

Château Coutet Sauternes Barsac (Premier Grand Cru Classé)

0,375 L

Frankrijk

Bordeaux, Barsac

Druiven: Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon

Château Coutet, een Premier Grand Cru Classé, bevindt zich in de ‘gouden driehoek’ van Barsac. Deze driehoek wordt gevormd door de oceaan, de rivier en het bos. Samen zorgen ze voor het unieke terroir van Barsac en Sauternes. Vandaag de dag is het landgoed in handen van de familie Baly, een wijnfamilie met roots in de Elzas.

The pale lemon-gold colored 2019 Coutet is a thrill ride from the get-go, exploding from the glass with fantastically intense scents of tangerine peel, lime blossoms and lemon marmalade over a core of pineapple upside-down cake, candied ginger, ripe apricots and clover honey plus suggestions of chanterelles and musk perfume. The palate is equally electric and exhilarating, prancing around the palate with a whole myriad of candied citrus, stone fruit and citrus flavors, charged by a racy backbone of acidity, finishing beautifully textured and with an epically long firework display of minerals. Apart from all that, it is pretty darn delicious." - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"Wildflower honey, dried pineapple, candied lemon, with an exotic ginger and cumin spice here and marmalade on the nose. Waxy and luscious balanced by fresh acidity. Spicy, unctuous but also delicate. Drink now or hold." - James Suckling

"75% Sémillon, 23% Sauvignon Blanc, 2% Muscadelle. Vines average 50 years of age. Lustrous gold. Very round and gorgeous with some evolution already and quite a bit of botrytis effect. Golden syrup of the vines! Long." - Jancis Robinson

"The 2019 Coutet has a very intense bouquet of wild honey, saffron, dried pineapple chunks and a touch of cold, wet stones, all imbued with palpable joie-de-vivre. The taut, fresh palate is underpinned by a silver bead of acidity (always one of this Barsac's leitmotifs), offering clementine, peach and nectarine toward the persistent finish. A joy." - Vinous

"A soft-edged and forward-styled version, with lemon meringue, warmed peach and fresh pineapple and mango notes all mixing together. Features a pie crust accent that holds sway on the finish. Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. Drink now through 2033." - Wine Spectator

"Gorgeous nose full of exotic spices, candied fruit, orange, apricot and honeyed brioche. Lovely unctuous texture here, it's fat but smooth - like thick smooth fruity caramel, quite defined and straight but with a roundness and generosity with pineapple, mango, violet even giving an appealing florality, and these lovely almost bitter orange edges. It's still a bit young but with great vibrancy right now, acidity which gives energy and life all the way through. Lifted and bright. Drinking Window 2027 - 2045" - Decanter