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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 100%
Weather
2016 was one of the finest vintages in the past 20 years. Winter was exceptionally wet and mild, and it rained a great deal in spring until June. However, the weather changed radically in mid-June, turning warm and quite dry, with cool nights. Ideal conditions for growing excellent wine grapes!
Tasting Comment
Appareance
Brilliant very pale yellow colour with silver highlights.
Nose
Expressive and aromatic. Very elegant bouquet with aromas of lemon, ripe grapefruit, honey, and white flowers (acacia, lime and elder blossoms).
Mouth
Well-balanced and long on the palate with fruity flavours (nectarine, white peach) as well as subtle overtones of white flowers (acacia and elder blossom) that follow through from the bouquet. Fresh and beautifully vivacious, with mineral and lemony notes, the aftertaste is also quite attractive. This 100% Sauvignon Blanc is wonderful with fish and seafood dishes, as well as cheeses, especially goat's cheese and Comté.
Ratings and reviews
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Remarkable wine - This Pessac has a pale colour and a particularly rich and complex bouquet of white peach, pineapple, mango, lemon, and boxwood. The palate reveals impeccable intensity and balance. The flavour is both rich and fresh with plenty of power, especially on the tight, concentrated aftertaste. Although already pleasant and balanced, this wine will gain form with further ageing. Ageing potential: 2020-2025. Food and wine matches: All sorts of refined fish and seafood dishes.
Real lift and freshness on top of enormous lushness - so difficult to believe this is 100% Sauvignon Blanc. As usual. When to drink : 2017 – 2027.
Bright yellow colour with green hue. Expressive and aromatic nose, grapefruit, passionfruit, gooseberries and hints of ripe kiwi. On the palate juicy and fresh with mild acidity, multi-layered citrus fruit and tropical nuances, excellent length. Very refined character.
Touched by toast, this is a lovely wine, its acidity delicious filled out by lemon, apple and apricot tones. The texture is lively and bright, leading a refreshing finish. (Roger Voss)
This is excellent in a challenging vintage for whites. Here they have managed to capture lovely fresh, crisp lemon and elderflower flavours with a good depth of expression. It will deepen further during ageing, as it has 10 months on lees with stirring. 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Drinking Window 2019 – 2030. (Jane Anson)
Full and tangy with sliced-lemon and mineral character. Bright acidity and a clean finish.
Consumption period
2018 - 2031
Our suggestions
Starters
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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
Valérie LAVIGNE
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