Château Coutet, 1er Cru Classé, Barsac, 2022
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.
critic reviews
The 2022 Coutet has a perfumed, quite floral bouquet with yellow plum, marmalade and light swimming pool scents. The palate is actually better, with fine acidity, quite tangy with a dab of marmalade, gentle grip and a viscous, very persistent finish. This is a cut above and it should give many years of drinking pleasure. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting in London.
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
One of the wines of the vintage, the 2022 Coutet opens with notes of apricots, spices and exotic fruits, setting the stage for a medium to full-bodied, round and supple palate enhanced by brightness and tension that culminates in a spicy, minty finish. Its balanced structure and lively acidity contribute to an ethereal ending, making it a very elegant yet chiseled Barsac. This blend of 94% Semillon, 5% Sauvignon Blanc and 1% Muscadelle is matured for 18 months in barrels.
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.