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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
Sauvignon blanc 100%
Weather
There was record rainfall during the first half of 2013. Spring was very cool, even cold (May and June), and this caused a major delay in vine growth (flowering). Much more clement weather (warm and sunny) arrived in July and lasted until the harvest.
Tasting Comment
Appareance
2013 Couhins-Lurton has a sumptuous, very pale yellow colour with golden highlights.
Nose
The bouquet is complex and attractive, with many floral and fruity nuances. A more mineral element (gunflint) adds a welcome touch of freshness.
Mouth
Very well-balanced on the palate and remarkably rich, this wine also has great acidity that makes for impressive balance. Minerality and lemon notes also come through. The oak is discreet and subtle, further contributing to the remarkable complexity. This Graves great growth is a treat with oysters, seafood, and roast veal among many other dishes…
Ratings and reviews
2016 Edition - Made entirely with Sauvignon Blanc, this wine features a complex, elegant bouquet with overtones of gunflint, white fruit, and butter. The wine starts out quite vivacious on the palate, which is fresh, crunchy, and crisp. A very vigorous Pessac ideally suited to seafood. 2016-2020. 
Fish and seafood dishes.
2016 Edition - The 2013 white is very refined, dynamic, rich, and elegant. A great success.
Crus Classés 2013 - Beautifully intense with classic body and a lovely, long, fresh Sauvignon Blanc aftertaste. Still a little sharp. This wine may have a surprise in store for us with further ageing. (Philippe Maurange)
This is a superb Sauvignon (100%) with plenty of fig, white currant and orange marmalade notes. It is medium-bodied, very pure, and intensely juicy as well as elegant. Drink over the next 6-10 years.
André Lurton and consultant Denis Dubourdieu have lifted the bar in 2013, making a white, Sauvignon-based blend of real finesse and balance, with tangy, struck match aromas, good depth and texture and a herbal, salty finish. Mouth-watering stuff. 2014-20
Attractive gooseberry and mangosteen flavours on this wine that is light, elegant with nice mid palate texture and body. Well made, refreshing white that is a good example of how well the whites performed in this difficult vintage. (Jeannie Cho Lee)
Well-focused, elegant aromas of white fruit, citrus, lime blossom, and honey. Rich, ripe, and very balanced on the palate, with excellent vivaciousness.
Very good expression of 100% Sauvignon Blanc with clarity and persistence. Drink: 2015-2018. (Steven Spurrier)
A dense, crisp white with sliced white peaches and grapefruit. Full body, tangy acidity and a beautiful finish.
Web only - Lively, with white asparagus, thyme and verbena notes bouncing out front, backed by white peach and lemon zest notes. (James Molesworth)
Consumption period
2015 - 2023
Our suggestions
Starters
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White meats
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Fish and Shellfish
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Cheese |
Salads |
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
26 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
Cellar master
Oenologist consultant
Denis DUBOURDIEU (Professor at the Institut d'Oenologie de Bordeaux) and Valérie LAVIGNE.
Recipes
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