Chateau Coutet, Sauternes, 2014 SO102825 Istine GS and truly delicious wine

and truly delicious wine

or a simple summer afternoon

made from an extraordinary jumble of old grape varieties: Poulsard Blanc

Matthiasson brings a fresh

Chateau Coutet, Sauternes, 2014 SO102825 Istine GS and truly delicious wineBarsac's largest classified vineyard, and the racier end of the Sauternes spectrum: Coutet's unusually high share of Sauvignon Blanc gives its sweet wines a lemony cut that keeps them from ever feeling heavy. Barsac is the commune inside Sauternes whose growers may use either name, and Coutet, a Premier Cru Classe sitting behind a square thirteenth century tower, farms 38. 5 hectares of sand, red clay and limestone divided into forty eight parcels,