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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
2018 was one of the warmest years since 1900, featuring above-average temperatures, the second hottest summer to date, and abundant sunshine… Heavy rainfall in the first half of the year was followed by persistent, near-record drought conditions in September.
Tasting Comment
Appareance
Pale yellow colour with golden highlights.
Nose
The nose is powerful and wonderfully complex, revealing delicious aromas of white fruit (green apple, pear), enhanced by a touch of lemon zest.
Mouth
Starts out juicy on the palate. A very well-balanced, elegant wine with remarkable aromas. Vivaciousness and freshness are the watchwords here. This wine is best enjoyed with scallops and leak fondue, monkfish cooked in saffron sauce and cheese platters.
Ratings and reviews
Fruitier in character than the preceding two vintages, with evident white peach, citrus and savoury pear. This is juicy and enjoyable with a silky finish. A yield of 35hl/ha. Harvest between 27 August and 11 September. Drinking Window 2020 - 2027. (Jane Anson)
Bright and fresh, with a lively stream of lemon curd, verbena and honeysuckle flavors, backed by a subtle twinge of fleur de sel through the finish. Drink now through 2023.
Lots of Sauvignon character on the nose here, not surprising given that the white vineyards are planted exclusively to Sauvignon Blanc. It has a firm herbal twist, with a pine needle note coming to the fore. There follows a cool, energetic and lightly spritzy style on the palate, which gives it a real sense of life, with ripe flavours of white peach, apricot stone, lychee and salty minerals. The mark of 2018, perceptible but really rather low-key acidity, is evident here though. Having said that, this is one of the more energetic wines in this vintage, despite having that rather subtle structure. (Chris Kissack)
Another dense and structured white with sliced greenapple and pear-skin character. Lemon zest, too. Full and vivid with phenolic tension. Excellent for the vintage.
Consumption period
2020 - 2035
Our suggestions
Starters
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Fish and Shellfish
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Cheese |
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
Recipes
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