Château Coutet 2024 en Primeur

Decidedly orange blossom aromas with some acacia and nut brittle. Plenty of saffron and vanilla from oak as well. Great depth and purity despite the multi-layered complexity. Excellent botrytis flavours of marzipan and dried apricot. Palate flooding depth and sweetness (est. 135 g/L) and breadth with a wonderful satin texture and length. I loved Coutet last year, and I love it again this. Fabulous wine.  

Medium yellow gold, silver reflections. Fresh tropical fruit, white fruit, floral touch, fine blossom honey, pleasant meadow herb spice. Juicy, silky and elegant, ripe peach, fresh structure, lingers for a long time, a promise for the future.

Orange blossom and lemon rind on the nose, soft and gentle aromatics. Clean and fresh, this has a lovely purity to it, not so sweet with some bitterness that comes in on the mid palate but this has a sleek frame and good definition to the elements. Pear, peach and a hint of honeyed orange. Pure and pristine. - Georgina Hindle. 

Robe dorée, nez crémeux et miellé, jolie touche rôtie avec un bois bien intégré ; bouche moelleuse mais fraîche, sur les agrumes et l’abricot, avec une belle longueur en finale.

La pureté du fruit est d’emblée saisissante. La liqueur svelte mais profonde (132 g/l), appliquée, est portée par une tension acide supérieure, une veine fraîche longue et fondue. Il y a beaucoup de relief dans ce vin, complet, sobre, cristallin, qui s’affirme avec une brillante évidence à ce stade très précoce de sa vie.

Dried mangoes, pineapple, sweet lemons and some dried durian. Nicely unctuous with a long, flavorful finish. Waxy and medium- to full-bodied for a Barsac.

The 2024 Coutet was picked over six tries although the final ones were not used with 134 g/L residual sugar this year. It has quite an intense bouquet with beautifully defined lemon thyme and light peach aromas. The palate is well balanced with a vivacious opening, lively apricot and quince notes and concentration effortlessly offset by the silver thread of acidity. Composed and persistent on the finish, this is a superb Coutet. - Neal Martin.