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Château Couhins-Lurton White
The characteristic of Château Couhins-Lurton white wines, Cru Classé de Graves, is to be made from Sauvignon only. Very elegants, they reveal fruity and fresh when they are young and gain in mineral complexity after a few years in bottle. They age very well.
Wine style
Full and Complex
Grape blend
Sauvignon blanc 100%.
Weather
The weather was ideal in 2005 and produced a superb vintage in Bordeaux. It was exceptionally dry for the region from winter to autumn. Sunshine was substantial starting in late spring. Summer temperatures were high, but there was nothing approaching a heat wave.
Tasting Comment
Appareance
Gold with shiny green highlights.
Nose
Explosive nose, fruit and citrus.
Mouth
Floral notes on the palate with grapefruit and Granny Smith. This Cru Classé has immense purity and exceptional aromatic depth, drink now with seafood, fish or goat cheese. Decant before serving.
Ratings and reviews
Guide d'achat des Crus - Ample and fruity.
This 100% Sauvignon is lively and crisply fresh, making the 2005 vintage a wine to savour straightaway.
Guide 2008 Les Meilleurs vins de France - 2005 : fuller, upright palate.
Aromas of lemon, lime and slate. Full-bodied and very lively, with bright acidity and a lemony, minerally aftertaste. Drink now.
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All the authentic charm of the 17th century château, renovated by André Lurton, is present in this wine, whose intensity and complex nose are simply captivating. Pure Sauvignon, it marries toasty aromas and citrus with pear and peach notes, echoed on the palate, where powerful fruit flavours meld with floral notes in a superb ensemble. Smooth and full-bodied, this 2005 shows delightful balance and freshness, and can as well be drunk young as laid down for five years or more. Perfect with seafood, hard cheeses and light meats.
Best French Wines 2007 - At the "primeur" stage, the 2005 is long, upright and shows good definition.
Intensely Sauvignon nose and palate, good acidity and freshness. Still a little closed and not very expressive, the taut structure and lively finish herald a promising future.
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Opulent, fruity, attractive oak, spirited finish.
Textbook Sauvignon, long and upstanding, this Pessac shows exemplary definition and verticality.
Spécial Primeurs 2005 - Floral and boxwood nose, lively and fresh on palate, still gaseous, good flavors of granny apples and pear, well-presented, pleasant, and refreshing. O = 2008 - G = 10 years. (Jacques Dupont)
Fine, piercing lemony-citrus aroma. Palate soft and full with acidity offering freshness and length. Drink 2008-2020.
Consumption period
Drink today.
Our suggestions
Starters
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White meats
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Fish and Shellfish
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Ground
Surface
6.00 ha
Soil
Gravel, sand and gravel, on a subsoil of limestone.
Winemaking
Grape harvest
By hand in several passes
Others
Graft stock
101.14 - 3309C - Riparia
Plant food
Traditional, limited impact
Plant density
6,500 vines per hectare
Wine average age
27 years old
Grape variety
Sauvignons
Pruning type
Double guyot with debudding
Fermentation
After pressing and settling, in oak barrels (30% new)
Fermentation temperature
18 to 23 °C
Malolactic
No
Wine maturing
For 10 months in oak barrels on full lees with bâtonnage.
Wine montage
Tartaric precipitation by cold treatment and bentonite.
Maturing potential
Fully expressive between 3 and 10 years, can age 20 to 30 years
Oenologist consultant
Denis DUBOURDIEU (Professor at the Institut d'Oenologie de Bordeaux) and Valérie LAVIGNE.
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