Château COUTET 2007

Description

Neal Martin 94 points www.robertparker.com (23 décembre 2011)
Tasted single blind against its peers. The Chateau Coutet 2007 has a very intense bouquet with lemon curd and orange blossom mixed with clear honey. There is impressive precision here, almost crystalline. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine viscous entry, great weight and intensity with racy acidity. There is also much tension cutting through the layers of viscous fruit on the sorbet-like finish. This is a typical Coutet through and through and it should age effortlessly over 20-30 years. Tasted January 2011. (2012-2042)

Stephen Tanzer 90+ points www.vinous.com
Bright yellow-gold. Sexy cool spices, vanillin oak and a whiff of red berries on the nose. Moderately thick in the mouth but not yet expressive or complex, showing restrained tropical and stone fruit flavors lifted by a floral element and complicated by a hint of spicy oak. Not a particularly concentrated style but gained in texture in the glass. Finishes subtle and pure, with hints of marzipan and smoke. I’d hold this for at least five or six years.

Jean-Marc Quarin 92 points www.quarin.com (Mars 2008)
Couleur jaune soutenu. Nez d’intensité moyenne, marqué par l’épice plus que par le fruit. Très belle douceur fondante en entrée de bouche. Le vin se développe très, très fruité, aromatique, sur un toucher fin et fondant. Finale de longueur normale, riche en sucres, mais rôtie et aérienne.