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Cut from the same mold as other Cuvee Madames

This moderately powerful effort is shaped by dense but fine tannins and is a wine that should amply repay extended cellaring

There is a highly beguiling opulence to the textured

The 1988 is still young

bright and layered nose reflects notes of cool red and black cherry

Coutet Cuvee Madame - Sauternes 1988 (Label damage) BurgundyBurgundy BurgundyBurgundy BurgundyBurgundy BurgundyBurgundy BurgundyBurgundy BurgundyBurgundy BurgundyBurgundy BurgundyBurgundy Cut from the same moldCut from the same mold as other Cuvee Madames, but perhaps the ultimate example because the intense botrytis and unctuosity the wine possesses is buttressed by slightly more acidity, giving the wine all the weight and massiveness of its two younger siblings, the 1989 and 1990, but with more focus and vibrancy. It is difficult for readers who have never tasted Cuvee Madame to imagine a wine of such honeyed richness, power, and flavor dimension not