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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
Elegant and Fruity
Grape blend
100% sauvignon.
Weather
Although the first half of the year was exceptionally hot, temperatures were lower than seasonal averages starting in July. In fact, this was the coolest summer since 1989. Summer sunshine was slightly less than usual. A drought set in at the beginning of September.
Tasting Comment
Appareance
Pale yellow, brilliant, silvery highlights.
Nose
Dominant fruit character, complex nose, floral (acacia blossom) and mineral notes. A subtle toasty, oaky touch rounds off the palate.
Mouth
Lively upfront, fresh, continues floral and fruity, with passionfruit, lemon, grapefruit and citronella. Remarkable persistence. Promises an intense sensory experience. Drink between 2009 and 2019, serve with fillet of John Dory with thyme, dorado with fennel, or sole fritters with parmesan.
Ratings and reviews
The 2007 seduced by its notes of white fruits and its easily digestible side.
Tom Cavannan's Wine pages - An all-sauvignon blanc cuvée, with beautifully mealy, refined notes of almond and lemon, with hints of flowers and wax. On the palate the fruit is intense and vital, the core of lemony acidity and firm, crunchy apple bite playing against discreet, well-handled oak.
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An all-Sauvignon blanc cuvee, with mealy, refined notes of almond and lemon, and hints of flowers and wax. Intense palate, with the acidity and crunchy apple playing against discreet oak. 2010-2020.
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White flowers and summer fruits. Some blended oak, totally dry, but flesh/fruit is there. From 2009.
Well-crafted, elegant white, opulent, fresh, long and balanced, with lovely expressive fruit and attractive vanilla, smoky notes.
Cuisine et Vins - 2007 is definitely flattering to Graves wines, be they from the north or south, and particularly to André Lurton's Pessac-Léognan estates. This pure Sauvignon has all its usual elegance and characteristic vivacity, intensified by the vintage. The palate, though delicate, is nonetheless very persistent, the length is perfect, and the wine is guaranteed to age well.
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White flowers and lifted, white summer fruits. Beautiful palate. Sauvignon dominates then a touch of blended oak. Totally dry, but flesh and fruit are there. Great purify. From 2009.
A pure Sauvignon Blanc, unusual in Pessac-Leognan, which normally also includes Semillon. This is a purely fresh wine, but with a serious aging potential side to it. For now the white fruits, currants and pears are delicious with fresh structure and a touch of wood spice. Screwcap
Great success.
Consumption period
2013 - 2017
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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