Press Review

11 May 2026

Château Coutet 2025: 94/100Light yellow gold, silver reflections. Nuances of Golden Delicious apple, pear and mango, hints of blossom honey, underlaid with fresh tropical fruit. Juicy, clear residual sweetness, opulent style, ripe stone fruit on the finish, will benefit from maturity Peter Moser

Château Coutet 2025: 93-94/100Château Coutet blanc 2025 once again delivers its familiar note of orange candy, where the sweet sensation is paired with clearly defined aromatic lines. Compared with other wines from Barsac, it shows slightly less of a saline accent, and the layering feels somewhat more restrained. Even so, despite its high sugar and […]

Château Coutet 2025: 94-96/100Pale straw-colored, the 2025 Coutet needs a little swirling to coax out notes of pineapple upside-down cake and passion fruit, followed by hints of beeswax, crème brûlée, and lemon verbena with a waft of chalk dust. The concentrated palate has beautiful purity and depth with a lively backbone and a long, fragrant […]

Château Coutet 2025: 95/100Really fragrant and aromatic peach and pear notes on the nose and palate. Round, sweet, luscious and energetic, this has such a lovely presence in the mouth – ripe, forward, alive and sweet – orange juice, pineapple, mango and peaches. Lovely bitter tang on the finish too. Very assured. Cuvée Opalie de […]

Cuvée Opalie de Château Coutet 2025: 94/100Thai basil, preserved lemons, lovely bright lift, savoury on the finish, this has personality and charm, with the steel and slate fingerprint of the terroir and the vintage. Harvest August 26 to 28. 3.15pH, 7% malolactic fermentation, 25% new oak.Jane Anson

30 April 2026

Château Coutet 2025: 97/100Bright golden colour. Complex and fragrant nose with precision and great pu-rity. Aroma reminiscent of Williams pear, orange blossoms, ripe apricots and candied peaches, hints of vanilla and mild spices and a whiff of cardamom in the background. On the palate well balanced and structured with rich sweet-ness, fine acidity, flavour quoting […]

Château Coutet 2025 : 96-98/100Le nez dévoile des notes de zeste de citron, des nuances résineuses, de pomme, de cire d’abeille, avec une touche de curry, le tout posé sur un fond de pierre calcaire. La bouche est ample et généreuse, portée par un fruit riche et opulent sans jamais verser dans l’excès. La structure […]

Château Coutet 2025: 94-96/100The 2025 Coutet is redolent of burnt sugar, crème brûlée, spice, passion fruit and candied ginger. Always quite rich texturally, Coutet blossoms beautifully on the palate with plenty of textural presence and body. It’s a gorgeous wine by any measure. Tasted two times. Antonio Galloni

28 April 2026

Château Coutet 2023: 98+/100One of the highlights of the vintage, the 2023 Coutet is exquisite, revealing aromas of pear, white peach, beeswax, pineapple and ripe apricot intertwined with spices and flowers. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and concentrated yet without heaviness, it is fleshy and generous, built around an enveloping, vibrant core of fruit framed by […]

Château Coutet 2023 : 97/100Le bouquet est vivant, éthéré, comme en suspension, floral et porté par la sève. Le vin fond en bouche, long, se déployant de l’avant à l’arrière du palais comme un voyage sans fin. Des notes de pierre à fusil, de miel et un fruit succulent composent un ensemble ravissant. Ella Lister

15 April 2026

Château Coutet 2023 : 97/100This delivers a frank, inviting and beautifully pure burst of pineapple in both gelée and sorbet form, holding center stage while orange blossom, elderflower, jasmine and green almond notes swirl around. Packed and dense but fresh and crackling with energy as everything spills through the lengthy finish with focus and clarity. […]

24 March 2026

Château Coutet 2023: 97/100Bright and lively, great tang with a subtle sweetness – more focused on citrus juice, orang rind, a touch of pineapple and some vanilla bean. Round, great persistency and just general zing without being too much of any one thing. Lovely precision, finesse and drinkability. An electric 2023. Georgie Hindle

Finally, the Sauternes. You might assume that Yquem would have come up trumps, but on this occasion, its neighbour Suduiraut shone brightly. The Yquem was just behind, with creditable performances from the Lafaurie-Peyraguey, Coutet, Doisy-Védrines and Rieussec   Opalie 2022: 91/100The 2022 Opalie certainly has one of the better aromatics, quite complex with touches of […]

18 March 2026

Château Coutet 2023: 17/20Fijn botrytis, sinaasappel, mango, peer, abrikozen; weelderig, balans, finesse, lengte. Ronald de Groot

17 March 2026

Château Coutet 2023 : 17/20 (94/100)Couleur dorée. Nez intense, fruité, suave et complexe. Fond frais d’amandes fraîches à l’agitation du verre. Minutieux à l’attaque, juteux en milieu de bouche, avec de la classe dans le toucher, le vin fond sur le palais, long et séveux. C’est très bon. 2027 – 2055 Jean-Marc Quarin