Château Coutet

Château Coutet, 1er Cru Classé, Barsac, 2022

Name: Château Coutet, 1er Cru Classé, Barsac
Brand: Château Coutet
Price: 229.54 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

94-96/100

The Wine Independent

94/100

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2022
12x37.5cl
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£266.74
2022
12x37.5cl
DP
£266.74
2022
6x75cl
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£229.54

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Layered and building with plush apricot, peach and guava, Coutet is beautifully well-rounded and solid with a delicious sweetness and fluidity. One of the better sweet wines we tasted, here there is a lovely balance to the wine, arriving at a final blend of 95% Semillon, 4% Sauvignon Blanc and 1% Muscadelle.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Critic Reviews

94/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Coutet has a clean and precise bouquet with scents of white peach, apricot blossom, quince and saffron. It unfolds wonderfully in the glass but maintains a sense of control. The palate is very well balanced, with ample weight counterbalanced by a keen thread of acidity. There is a naturalness to this Coutet that I really appreciate. This is very fine.

drinking window 2027 - 2047

date of review 02/2025

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Low yields but well expressed juiciness here, along with luscious texture of apricot, citrus, pineapple, sage, mint leaf, liqourice, really impressive complexity and depth of flavour, kick of slate minerality on finish. An upscore from En Primeur - more proof that Barsac is the place to look in this vintage. Harvest September 26 to October 28

drinking window 2025 - 2032

date of review 02/2025

94-96/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

A blend of 94% Semillon, 5% Sauvignon Blanc, and 1% Muscadelle, with 158 g/L residual sugar, the 2022 Coutet is pale to medium straw in color. After a little swirling, the nose erupts with gorgeous lime cordial, fresh grapefruit, and mandarin peel scents, followed by wafts of wet pebbles, freshly shaved ginger, and beeswax. The palate is vibrant and shimmery with fantastic intensity and tension, finishing long and layered.

drinking window 2027 - 2057

date of review 06/2023

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Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

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13.5%

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.