Coutet 2014 (750ML)

97 WE / 96 WS / 95 VM / 94 DE / 18 JR

#3 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2017

#17 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2018

Powered by intense botrytis, this wine is opulent and ripe, with spice, yellow fruit and honey flavors. It has just the right balance of acidity to maintain its shape and proportions. It's likely to age well over many years. Drink from 2024. - Wine Enthusiast 

This shows the vivid, racy side of Barsac, with streaming flavors of pineapple, yellow apple, green plum and white ginger, displaying lovely energy from start to finish. Ends with enough honeysuckle and orange blossom notes to balance the richness. Best from 2020 through 2035.” — James Molesworth

The 2014 Coutet has a slightly muddled nose, evident on two bottles that were opened. It eventually sorts itself out, scents of wild honey, dandelion, nettle, quince and melted wax. The palate is very well balanced and showed much more composure than the nose. This displays Coutet’s trademark crisp acidity, quite tensile, very pure with a long and tender viscous finish. There is a very good wine here but I just don’t think it showed on the day. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting." — Neal Martin, Vinous Media

Ripe tropical fruit, vanilla and herbs intermingle with smoky botrytis. Dense, rich flavours of custard and toffee apples, saffron and a hint of noble rot bitterness. Long finish. Drinking Window 2020 - 2050. - Ian d'Agata, Decanter

Tasted blind. Deep gold. Pungent, creamy and interesting. Masses of glorious fruit in rich and varied array. So many exciting grace notes. - Jancis Robinson