Sauternes · vintage 2025
Why this vintage
- 95-97 from VinousBarrel-sample tasting range. And 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2025 vintage in SauternesRegular morning mists in a dry autumn brought back honest botrytis: clean, nicely taut wines.
Critic scores
- Vinous95-97
- Jeb Dunnuck95-97
- James Suckling94-95
- Decanter95
The 2025 vintage in Sauternes
Vintage benchmark: 93/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Regular morning mists in a dry autumn brought back honest botrytis: clean, nicely taut wines.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Sauternes. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
An intense bouquet marked by the classic notes of noble rot reveals itself from the very first moments, with fruity aromas of fresh quince and ripe apricot, underscored by a touch of candied mango. The freshness on the palate, a signature of the Barsac terroirs, is instantly and harmoniously balanced by the density and roundness that reveal a lovely amplitude. This power and this noble precision are characteristic of sun-drenched vintages. Notes of quince paste and toasted hazelnut then emerge, giving way to a delicate minerality that brings lovely tension to the finish, which lingers at length.
Blend of the 2025 vintage
- 97 % Sémillon
- 2 % Sauvignon blanc
- 1 % Muscadelle
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2025 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with sémillon, sauvignon blanc, muscadelle — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2025 sheet
- 53 yrsVine age
Winemaking
In barrels
Ageing
18 months in barrels of 100% French oak.
Food pairings
Scallop carpaccio with passion fruit, langoustine and asparagus ravioli with a Sauternes jus
Terroir
The terroir of Barsac, and at Château Coutet in particular, is clay-limestone, hence its water retention. The cool soils slow the ripening of the grapes.
It is in this micro-climate, unique in the world, that Château Coutet produces its wines of gold and opal, of incomparable freshness and vivacity.
An offer on Château Coutet 2025
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Texts and documents 2025
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.