Coutet Cuvee Madame - Sauternes 1997 Volume:750ML Impressively endowed

Impressively endowed

Fine perfumes of flowers (the name "Fleuraison" means flowering / blossoming)

This is structurally interesting as the mid-palate is quite generous yet the serious finish makes clear that this is going to require extended aging to realize its full potential

culminating in a slightly austere and ever-so-mildly dry finish of solid though not exceptional persistence

It's delicious too

Coutet Cuvee Madame - Sauternes 1997 Volume:750ML Impressively endowedThe Chteau Coutet 1997 Cuve Madame, which was picked on October 14 according to Aline Baly, has a more resinous bouquet compared to the 1995, touches of adhesive infusing the dried honey, shaved almond and quince scents, touches of tropical fruit coming through allied with more mineralit than the 1995 Cuve Madame. The palate is medium bodied with sumptuous, rounded, honeyed fruit interlaced with gingerbread and frangipane, gently rolling to a