The Château Coutet of Barsac of Bordeaux

Château Coutet
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Barsac in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Coutet is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Barsac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Château Coutet is a vineyard located in Barsac, France, which is the oldest vineyard operated by the same family since the medieval era. The estate comprises about 65 hectares of vines which stretch along the banks of the Dordogne estuary, producing high-quality and highly renowned wines. Since the 18th century, Château Coutet is famed for its wines. Indeed, the vines are located on sunny terrain, allowing for the perfect maturation of the grapes, yielding fine white and red wines. Château Coutet strives to use traditional farming methods to preserve the integrity of its vines and its terroir. Most treatments are based on natural products to respect the environment and ensure optimal conditions for the vine. The aged vines that make up the estate are cultivated without resorting to mechanization or chemicals. The team vinifies its wines according to traditional methods and works delicately with the nuances of the terroirs to preserve the integrity of each cuvée. The final blend is made with separate vinifications, bringing together wines from different vines and terroirs, to produce wines with a unique balance. The wines produced on the estate are famous for their elegance and finesse, and are perfect examples of the balance between tradition and modernity. Château Coutet offers whites and reds based on Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc, as well as reds based on Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The estate has become famous for its exceptionally high-quality wines which have been recognized both domestically and internationally. If you are looking for fine and elegant wines, Château Coutet is an excellent choice.

Top Château Coutet wines

Looking for the best Château Coutet wines in Barsac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Coutet wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Coutet wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Château Coutet

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Coutet

How Château Coutet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of grandma's cherry clafoutis or pot of green cabbage with potatoes and roquefort cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Coutet

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Coutet. often reveals types of flavors of peach, honey or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Coutet. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Coutet

  • 1971With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1961With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1959With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1987With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1980With an average score of 4.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Coutet.

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscadelle

Discovering the wine region of Barsac

The wine region of Barsac is located in the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Climens or the Château Nairac produce mainly wines sweet, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Barsac are Muscadelle, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Barsac often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, brown sugar or papaya and sometimes also flavors of toasted almonds, guava or jasmine.

In the mouth of Barsac is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness. We currently count 27 estates and châteaux in the of Barsac, producing 33 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Barsac go well with generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts, blue cheese or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

The top red wines of Château Coutet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Coutet

How Château Coutet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork shoulder with mustard, purple leg of lamb with red wine and cranberries or duck parmentier.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Coutet.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top white wines of Château Coutet

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Coutet

How Château Coutet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pigeon with bacon and mushrooms, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Coutet

On the nose the white wine of Château Coutet. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or smoke and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or minerality. In the mouth the white wine of Château Coutet. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Coutet

  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Coutet.

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Destemming

Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Coutet

Planning a wine route in the of Barsac? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Coutet.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

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