2017 Chateau Coutet 375ml

96 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

95–97. Barrel Sample. This wine shows great balance and poised elegance. Its botrytis fruit gives it rich intensity, with a ripe orange-marmalade flavor and layers of tight acidity. This will be a wine for serious aging and not ready to drink before 2024.

96 POINTS

James Suckling

Wow. Fabulous focus and intensity to this wine with energetic sweetness and long, linear quality through the center palate. Orange-peel, lemon and peach undertones. Fresh finish.

95 POINTS

Wine Spectator

This is youthfully packed, with a green tea accent wrapping up a dense core of creamed pineapple, yellow apple chutney, candied pink grapefruit and quince flavors. The long finish is viscous but bright, gilded liberally with ravishing singed almond and hazelnut notes. Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle.

95 POINTS

Jane Anson - Decanter

Rich sunflower yellow in colour, this has a good concentration of subtle spiced ginger on the nose, followed by rich citrus and apricot tart flavours, going almost as far as white truffles. It's gourmet without being cloying, thanks to those Barsac soils which give a wonderful freshness through the palate. The acidity is not quite as focussed as in classic years for the appellation, but it has zip and personality and is a clear success in this vintage.

93 POINTS

James Suckling

Lots of powdered mushrooms, dried lemons and apricots. Full-bodied, dense and layered. Beautiful finish. A top sweet white for the vintage. Points: 93-94

90 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

Under the same ownership for four centuries, this property produces well-balanced, ripe wines. In this lighter vintage, glowing black-currant fruits are shot through with acidity. It is ready to drink. Organic.

James Suckling

This has an attractive cassis and red-plum edge with some tart, crunchy fruit on the palate. Quite light and easy.

Wine Spectator

Bright pineapple and white peach flavors rush forth, with a zip of tangerine running through the creamy finish. Shows lots of honeysuckle accents on the finish. Youthfully tight, but delivers wonderful length.