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Château Couhins-Lurton White
Château Couhins-Lurton is the emblematic estate of the André Lurton family. With a clay-limestone terroir unique to the appellation, the château produces Sauvignon Blancs with outstanding aromatic profiles bursting with fruit and hints of salinity, which age terrifically.
Wine style
Elegant and Fruity
Grape blend
Sauvignon 100%
Weather
2019 was marked by a fairly mild winter, resulting in early bud break. Spring rainfall was scarce and drought conditions set in in early summer. Rainfall in August provided a welcome relief for winegrowers.
Tasting Comment
Appearance
Crystal clear, a pale yellow colour enhanced by green and silver reflections.
Nose
The nose, very expressive, has notes of white fruit (ripe peach), with a slight hint of smoke.
Mouth
Nice texture on the palate, with fat and freshness; all perfectly balanced. Very aromatic overall, with aromas of white peach, apple, gooseberry... The subtly lemony finish is also remarkable. A wine with good ageing potential. All its elegance and finesse will be appreciated by tasting it with scallops or pan-fried foie gras, sweetbreads or cheese.
Ratings and reviews
Very young and energetic, this beautiful white offers a deep and invigorating lemon flavor, an enviable conjunction of fatness and tension. The evolution wanted by Jacques Lurton towards more fatness and a touch of additional maturity is a fully successful bet in 2019 because the acidity remains sharp, full of dynamism and authority. (Pierre Citerne)
I love the nose on the 2019 Château Couhins-Lurton Blanc. It has a ripe yet slightly mineral style as well as notes of crushed citrus, grapefruit, and mandarin orange. Medium-bodied, bright, and juicy on the palate, it has a terrific sense of tension and elegance as well as length. It should easily evolve for 7-8 years.
Always a brilliant white wine, one of the leading examples in Pessac-Léognan, and it's excelling in 2019. Juicy but restrained lemon, lemon zest and stone fruit flavours, alongside more complex slate and dried herbs. Will age if you can wait. As of this vintage horizontal amphoras for 10% of production, with aim to go up to 30% in future, and rotate like OXO systems Clayverre for lees stirring. Drinking Window 2021-2032. (Jane Anson)
Bright yellow colour with green hue. Very elegant yet expressive nose with juicy fruit. Fresh peaches, juicy apricots, ripe lime and lemon zest, broom and white blossoms. On the palate crisp acidity, excellent flavour repeating the aroma of the nose, freshness and minerality, excellent aromatic length.
Barrel Sample. Made entirely from Sauvignon Blanc, this white balances the crisp and ripe fruits that are so characteristic of the 2019 vintage. The herbal flavors are contrasted with the touches of pineapple and apple to give richness and texture. (Roger Voss)
Consumption period
2021 - 2035
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.
Maturing potential
Fully expressive between 3 and 10 years, can age 20 to 30 years
Oenologist consultant
Valérie LAVIGNE
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