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2019 Château Coutet

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August 10, 2025 - $46

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RATINGS

97Decanter Magazine (points)

Intense exotic fruits abound, powerful apricot, nectarine, white flowers and white truffles with excellent bitter almonds on the finish that works so well as a counterpoint to the luxurious texture...silky and seductive yet strict.

95-97The Wine Advocate

...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...finishing beautifully textured and with an epically long firework display of minerals. Apart from all that, it is pretty darn delicious.

94James Suckling

Wildflower honey, dried pineapple, candied lemon, with an exotic ginger and cumin spice...marmalade on the nose. Waxy and luscious balanced by fresh acidity. Spicy, unctuous but also delicate.

93Vinous / IWC

...quite a flamboyant, Germanic bouquet with petrol-infused botrytized fruit, though it lacks a bit of complexity and nuance. The palate is well-balanced with orange zest, marmalade and quince on the entry. Moderate depth, and quite linear towards the finish.

93-95Jeb Dunnuck

Lots of pure honeycomb, candied orange, quince, and white flower notes...balanced, sweetly fruited dessert wine...

92Wine Spectator

...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.

16Jancis Robinson

PRODUCER

Château Coutet

Château Coutet is a Premier Cru sweet white dessert wine from the Sauternes-Barsac appellation. Its history goes back nearly 400 years to an English fortress which became a wine producing estate in 1643. In the 18th century Château Coutet was owned by the same Marquis who owned Château d’Yquem and several other nearby Sauternes estates, and much of Coutet's architecture is identical to the d’Yquem estate. Coutet changed hands in the 20th century several times and in 1977 the Baly family purchased the property. They are the owners today. The estate includes 95 acres planted to 75% Semillon, 23% Sauvignon Blanc and 2% Muscadelle. On average the vines are 35 years old. Some 4,500 cases of the Grand Vin Chateau Coutet are produced annually. Coutet also produces a second dessert wine and a dry white wine.

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Sauternes, Barsac

Sauternes makes the world’s most famous dessert wines. Though the appellation lies within the Graves region of Bordeaux’s left bank, the appellation makes only sweet wines from white grapes, primarily Semillon sometimes blended with small amounts of Muscadelle. The five communes within Sauternes are Barsac, Bommes, Fargues, Preignac and Sauternes. Barsac also has its own appellation and, typically, Barsac wines are slightly drier and lighter than other Sauternes. Sauternes are made when weather conditions result in a mold called Botrytis cinerea developing on the grapes, which causes them to become especially sweet. Sauternes are not produced every vintage, so successful vintages become especially collectible. Sauternes estates were classified in 1855, and Château d’Yquem, the appellation’s most prestigious estate, was ranked in a class by itself as a Premier Grand Cru. Château d’Yquem wines are among the most prized wines in the world.

VINTAGE

2019 Château Coutet