Coutet Cuvee Madame Vintage:2001 A super-fresh nose is comprised

A super-fresh nose is comprised by notes of essence of red pinot fruit

A deft application of wood still allows free reign to the earthy and spicy red berry fruit aromas that complement the rich

concentrated and almost painfully intense medium weight flavors that brim with minerality on the balanced

At present it lacks a little generosity

seductively textured and palate staining flavors that possess good volume and a taut muscularity on the long and powerful finish

Coutet Cuvee Madame Vintage:2001 A super-fresh nose is comprisedThe 1995 Coutet Cuve Madame has a less flamboyant bouquet than other vintages, quite tight at first with dried honey, pain dpices, barley sugar and wax resin aromas. The palate is well balanced with a viscous, waxy textured opening, quite spicy in style, very well balanced and fresh, quite mineral driven, with that Manuka honey lingering long on the finish. Excellent. (145gm L residual sugar, 3. 5gm L total acidity, 13. 5% alcohol). Neal Martin