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Chateau Coutet, Sauternes, 2014

Dessert Wine from Bordeaux, France
by Chateau Coutet
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Barsac's largest classified vineyard, and the racier end of the Sauternes spectrum: Coutet's unusually high share of Sauvignon Blanc gives its sweet wines a lemony cut that keeps them from ever feeling heavy. Barsac is the commune inside Sauternes whose growers may use either name, and Coutet, a Premier Cru Classe sitting behind a square thirteenth-century tower, farms 38.5 hectares of sand, red clay and limestone divided into forty-eight parcels, with vines averaging around sixty years old. The blend is roughly 75% Semillon, 23% Sauvignon Blanc and 2% Muscadelle, picked in successive passes that take only the berries noble rot has shriveled, then fermented and raised in French oak for about eighteen months in a cellar 110 metres long, the longest in the appellation. 2014 was an outstanding year for botrytis here, marked by lemony rot character and high acidity, which plays straight to Coutet's strengths. Serve it properly cold, and don't feel obliged to finish the bottle: an opened Sauternes holds in the fridge for a week or more.

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Antonio Galloni

95 points

"The 2014 Coutet has a slightly muddled nose, evident on two bottles that were opened. It eventually sorts itself out, scents of wild honey, dandelion, nettle, quince and melted wax. The palate is very well balanced and showed much more composure than the nose. This displays Coutet’s trademark crisp acidity, quite tensile, very pure with a long and tender viscous finish. There is a very good wine here but I just don’t think it showed on the day. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting." —Neal Martin

Jancis Robinson

18 points

"Looks heavy in the glass. Unusually spicy. This wine really grabs the palate in a tactile way. Lots of texture and tension between sweetness and acidity. Exuberant. And unashamed."

Decanter

94 points

"Ripe tropical fruit, vanilla and herbs intermingle with smoky botrytis. Dense, rich flavours of custard and toffee apples, saffron and a hint of noble rot bitterness. Long finish."

Wine Spectator

96 points

"This shows the vivid, racy side of Barsac, with streaming flavors of pineapple, yellow apple, green plum and white ginger, displaying lovely energy from start to finish. Ends with enough honeysuckle and orange blossom notes to balance the richness. Best from 2020 through 2035."

More about Chateau Coutet

Barsac's sweettooth headquarters. This 38.5-hectare Premier Cru is the largest vineyard in Barsac and home to a legendary 110-meter cellar. Unctuous, perfectly balanced Sauternes that ages for decades—sometimes they make a pristine Cuvée Madame too.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Semillon

  • Vintage

    2014

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Sweet

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roquefort and Stilton, foie gras terrine, tarte Tatin, salted caramel desserts, or a spicy Thai curry.

Tasting Profile

Sweet and unctuous but never heavy: apricot, honey, candied lemon peel, ginger and a touch of vanilla, with high acidity cutting through to a long citrus-tinged finish.

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