December 29, 2023 - Drank this at Kai Garden for a wine dinner with my wine mates. Theme of the evening: A wine to end the year with.
Deep gold in colour, almost amber like. Notes of raw honey, bee wax, dried peaches, fresh apricot and sliced mango. Savouring this wine is like enjoying golden sunshine in a bottle.
April 9, 2023 - 50cl chilled down bottle. Absolutely gorgeous wine now. It has matured wonderfully. Delicious mature citrus fruits with refreshing acidity. I think I probably last tried a bottle 7-8 years ago and it wasn’t anywhere near as good.
March 27, 2023 - Classy, classic! From a 375, served against a carrot cake loaded up with pineapple. I was happy with the match. Nice weight to the wine, still showing some backbone and freshness. Medium golden color, tropical fruit and dried apricot notes. Great QPR. Enjoyable now and felt like would have a long drinking window.
June 11, 2020 - Deep amber, faint green rim; barley sugar & marmalade, toffee; rich, tending to fat, caramel, power & intensity but with cut. Extended. Later burly. Drink soon
February 20, 2020 - 1996 Bordeaux (Piccolino, Liverpool Street Stn, London): Half. Coconut, some botrytis. Mid sweetness. A sense of the lip-smacking. Very decent and some. ****
December 25, 2019 - Deep amber, lovely energy and some bitter orange fruit, sweetness dropping but still lovely with a citron tart, also lovely with a bite of stilton.
October 20, 2019 - Vivid dark brown color. The nose is just so expressive with a complexity that makes me think of salted nougat. Just the most delicious nutty note on this very lively aroma. On the palate moderately proportioned with fantastic lift and energy. Impeccable balance, the finish goes on and on. Has dropped quite a lot of its sweetness, seems to be at its peak. A real treat.
September 30, 2019 - The 1996 Coutet has matured beautifully with a deep copper and brass colour and a lovely nose of marmalade, preserved peach, tangerine and honey. The palate is medium weight with quite intense marmalade, peach, honey and butter characters. There is good persistence and a lovely line of fruit that continues right through the wine into touches of grape tannin and acid that provide grip and balance. Delicious and so much better for age.
August 11, 2019 - This is really really good. Amazingly young . Zippy fresh fruit streaked with botrytis. Bright fresh medium sweet. Very long fresh finish. Delicious!
June 13, 2019 - Very floral, and honey, aromas and flavors. Fresh on the palate, the age is only slightly evident in the finish. From a half bottle.