The Château Coutet 2001 Cuvée Madame was picked on October 10 and contains 208 grams per liter of residual sugar. It has a complex, intellectual bouquet with scents of dried honey, quince, Azsu-paste and a mango-scented nose that is incredibly intense. The palate is very harmonious, viscous, spicier than the 1997, but there is something feminine about this Cuvée Madame (title notwithstanding.) It is very fresh, well poised, intense on the finish with that trademark Coutet acidity driving the finish and lending so much energy.