Wow. Fabulous focus and intensity to this wine with energetic sweetness and long, linear quality through the center palate. Orange-peel, lemon and peach undertones. Fresh finish. Drink or hold.

The 2017 Coutet has a much more attractive bouquet than the 2016 with dried honey, white tea, chamomile and orange blossom aromas, showing more intensity and vigor. The palate is beautifully balanced with crisp acidity, viscous honeyed fruit, orange peel and apricot, complex and engaging on the finish. Superb. Tasted from an ex-château bottle served at the estate.

The 2017 Coutet has a super intense nose of ripe apricots, honey-coated nuts, warm pineapple and mango with touches of nutmeg and orange blossoms. Rich, sweet and unctuous, it has wonderful intensity and depth, finishing with fantastic length.

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

This is youthfully packed, with a green tea accent wrapping up a dense core of creamed pineapple, yellow apple chutney, candied pink grapefruit and quince flavors. The long finish is viscous but bright, gilded liberally with ravishing singed almond and hazelnut notes. Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle.