PRE-ARRIVAL 2017 Château Coutet 1er Cru Classe Sauternes-Barsac 375mL

Wines are due January 2027

The 2017 Coutet has lovely notions of spice cake, fresh ginger and honeysuckle over a core of lemon curd, beeswax and preserved peaches. Rich, spicy and quite decadent in the mouth, it has wonderful freshness and depth, finishing very long.
95-97 points
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - Wine Advocate #236 (April 2018)

Bright pineapple and white peach flavours rush forth, with a zip of tangerine running through the creamy finish. Shows lots of honeysuckle accents on the finish. Youthfully tight, but delivers wonderful length.—J.M.
92-95 points
Wine Spectator

This wine shows great balance and poised elegance. Its botrytis fruit gives it rich intensity, with a ripe orange-marmalade flavour and layers of tight acidity. This will be a wine for serious aging and not ready to drink before 2024.
95-97 points
Wine Enthusiast

The 2017 Coutet, which was tasted both as a final blend and directly from several different lots in barrel, has a very well defined bouquet with pure wild honey and orange blossom aromas that gain intensity with aeration. The palate is crisp and fresh, underpinned by Coutet’s trademark acidic drive that counterbalances the intense honeyed fruit laced with orange zest and white peach. Superb.
94-96 points
Neal Martin - Vinous