Coutet Cuvee Madame - Sauternes 2001 A000001440 large-scaled effort that is not

large-scaled effort that is not without considerable elegance for its mass and volume

An expressive and bright nose features notes of diverse red berries

and what must be nearly 14-15% natural alcohol

There is almost painful intensity to the super-sleek big-bodied flavors that possess a positively gorgeous mouthfeel due to a mid-palate that brims with sappy dry extract that coats the mouth on the hugely long and impeccably well-balanced finale

Hints of dark blue and black fruit

Coutet Cuvee Madame - Sauternes 2001 A000001440 large-scaled effort that is notThe Chteau Coutet 2001 Cuve Madame was picked on October 10 and contains 208 grams per liter of residual sugar. It has a complex, intellectual bouquet with scents of dried honey, quince, Azsu paste and a mango scented nose that is incredibly intense. The palate is very harmonious, viscous, spicier than the 1997, but there is something feminine about this Cuve Madame (title notwithstanding.) It is very fresh, well poised, intense on the finish with