2001 Coutet Cuvee Madame
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Tasting Notes
The Château Coutet 2001 Cuvée Madame was picked on October 10 and contains 208 grams per liter of residual sugar. It has a complex, intellectual bouquet with scents of dried honey, quince, Azsu-paste and a mango-scented nose that is incredibly intense. The palate is very harmonious, viscous, spicier than the 1997, but there is something feminine about this Cuvée Madame (title notwithstanding.) It is very fresh, well poised, intense on the finish with that trademark Coutet acidity driving the finish and lending so much energy. This is one of the best vintages of Cuvée Madame that I have tasted and tasting it over a whole week...it just got better and better! eRobertParker.com.August, 2015
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Neal Martin
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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The 2001 Cuvee Madame, composed of 100% Semillon and with 206 grams per liter of residual sugar, is pale amber in color and features the most extraordinary notes of honey toast, creme brulee, preserved oranges, baked peaches and fungi with hints of candied ginger, dried pineapple and chalk dust. Super sweet, super rich and super fresh, it completely fills the palate with hedonistically spicy layers and finishes epically long. Wow! Aug 2018, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Classified as a First Growth in 1855, this Barsac property has a history stretching back to the 14th century. Today it has 38.5 hectares of vineyard, producing brilliant sweet wines cut by taut acidity. In certain years, it produces Cuvée Madame, pure botrytised Semillon from its oldest vines.