Château Coutet

The winery Château Coutet located in the municipality Barsac , a part of the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée Barsac in the wine region of Bordeaux . In the Bordeaux wine classification of 1855 , it was classified as "Premier Cru Classé". The estate has 38 hectares of vineyards, making it the largest winery in Barsac.

The Sémillon grape variety has the largest share with a planted area of 75 percent. In addition, 23% Sauvignon Blanc and 2% Muscadelle are added. The harvest is carried out by hand in several harvest aisles in order to select the noble rotten berries. The wine is aged for 16-18 months in barriques , 80% of which are renewed annually. From Grand Vin nearly 50,000 bottles are filled annually.

The second wine is called Chartreuse de Coutet . The estate also markets a dry white wine called Vin Sec de Château Coutet (formerly Le Reverdon ), appellation Graves. In very rare cases, a selection with the name Cuvée Madame is produced in very small quantities . Individual berries are selected for further processing.

history

In a letter from May 1787 Thomas Jefferson certifies the wines the rank of the best wine from Barsac. In 1788, Gabriel Barthélémy Romain de Filhot acquired the Château Coutet. Only 6 years later he was executed as part of the French Revolution . His only daughter Marie Geneviève Françoise Joséphine de Filhot was still very young at the time. When she married Antoine Marie Henry Amédée de LUR-SALUCES in 1807, Château d'Yquem, Château Coutet, Château de Malle , Château de Fargues and Château Filhot belonged to the same family.

literature

Charles Cocks, Edouard Féret, Bruno Boidron: Bordeaux et ses vins . 18th edition. Èdition Féret et Fils, Bordeaux 2007, ISBN 978-2-35156-013-6 .
Horst Dippel : The wine lexicon . 3. Edition. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-596-13826-4 .
Robert Parker : Parker's Wine Guide (= Collection Rolf Heyne ). Heyne, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-453-16305-2 .

Web links

Official website of Château Coutet (French, English)

Individual evidence

^ Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Gutenberg Project

“Of white wines, those made in the canton of Grave, are most esteemed at Bordeaux. The best crops are, 1. Pontac, which formerly belonged to M. de Pontac, but now to M. de Lamont. He makes forty tons, which sell at four hundred livres, new. 2. St. Brise, belonging to M. de Pontac; thirty tons, at three hundred and fifty livres. 3. De Carbonius, belonging to the Benedictine monks, who make fifty tons, and never selling till three or four years old, get eight hundred livres the ton. Those made in the three parishes next above Grave, and more esteemed at Paris, are, 1. Sauterne. The best crop belongs to M. Diquem at Bordeaux, or to M. de Salus, his son-in-law; one hundred and fifty tons, at three hundred livres, new, and six hundred livres, old. The next best crop is M. de Fillotte's, one hundred tons, sold at the same price. 2. Prignac. The best is the President du Roy's, at Bordeaux. He makes one hundred and seventy-five tons, which sell at three hundred livres, new, and six hundred livres, old. Those of 1784, for their extraordinary quality, sell at eight hundred livres. 3. Barsac. The best belongs to the President Pichard, who makes one hundred and fifty tons, at two hundred and eighteen livres, new, and six hundred livres, old. Sauterne is the pleasantest; next Prignac, and lastly Barsac: but Barsac is the strongest; next Prignac, and lastly Sauterne; and all stronger than Grave. "

- Thomas Jefferson

[1] Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Gutenberg Project

“Of white wines, those made in the canton of Grave, are most esteemed at Bordeaux. The best crops are, 1. Pontac, which formerly belonged to M. de Pontac, but now to M. de Lamont. He makes forty tons, which sell at four hundred livres, new. 2. St. Brise, belonging to M. de Pontac; thirty tons, at three hundred and fifty livres. 3. De Carbonius, belonging to the Benedictine monks, who make fifty tons, and never selling till three or four years old, get eight hundred livres the ton. Those made in the three parishes next above Grave, and more esteemed at Paris, are, 1. Sauterne. The best crop belongs to M. Diquem at Bordeaux, or to M. de Salus, his son-in-law; one hundred and fifty tons, at three hundred livres, new, and six hundred livres, old. The next best crop is M. de Fillotte's, one hundred tons, sold at the same price. 2. Prignac. The best is the President du Roy's, at Bordeaux. He makes one hundred and seventy-five tons, which sell at three hundred livres, new, and six hundred livres, old. Those of 1784, for their extraordinary quality, sell at eight hundred livres. 3. Barsac. The best belongs to the President Pichard, who makes one hundred and fifty tons, at two hundred and eighteen livres, new, and six hundred livres, old. Sauterne is the pleasantest; next Prignac, and lastly Barsac: but Barsac is the strongest; next Prignac, and lastly Sauterne; and all stronger than Grave. "

- Thomas Jefferson