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Château Couhins-Lurton Red
Château Couhins-Lurton is the emblematic estate of the André Lurton family. With a sublime terroir of gravel and clay, the red wines are made from fruity and smooth Merlot grapes of great elegance and a sophisticated smokiness.
Wine style
Tender and Aromatic
Grape blend
Merlot 77% / Cabernet Sauvignon 23%.
Weather
Although the first quarter of 2006 was cold and wet (precipitation in March was 3 to 4 times greater than average), this was above all a hot year – in fact, the second hottest since 1950. There was a brief period of extreme heat in July, but the month of September was very mild and dry.
Tasting Comment
Appearance
Very dark red, strong violet highlights.
Nose
Intense empyreumatic aromas, smoky, toasty. Coffee, red fruit, berry notes including delicious cherry aromas.
Mouth
The palate is powerful, highly concentrated, the tannins rich and very elegant. Empyreumatic finish once more, oaky, smoke, ripe fruit. Drink in 2 to 3 years time, will keep for at least 15. Perfect with tournedos steak, caramelized veal shank or a Garonne shad "lamprey à la Bordelaise style".
Ratings and reviews
The 2013 Wine & Business Club Guide (Alain Marty) -
Guide 2011 - Approachable and mouthwatering.
This Couhins-Lurton is balanced, pleasant to drink, well made, well matured, the nose is powerfully fruity and resinous, the palate succulent and balanced, fresh, classic.
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Even though the vineyard is still quite young, only 15 years or so, this merlot-dominated blend is already full of personality. The jury was impressed by its intense, ripe strawberry nose with a hint of hazelnut. The palate still needs to mature, but the tannins are there to guarantee this wine's potential and ensure that it finds its balance.
Complex, intense nose, smoky, black fruits, blackcurrant and plum at peak ripeness, still strongly oaky, structured palate, solid and rich, with an imposing tannic framework, lots of fruit, this powerful Pessac-Léognan shows great potential.
The 2006 Red is a pleasant surprise: smooth, rich and elegant, in line with the seductive 2005.
Red fruit nose. Elegant and very round on the palate with marked oak at this stage. Peak : 2010. Drinking window : 10 years. (Jacques Dupont)
Primeurs - Superb nose of ripe fruit and stylish oak, elegant and complex; the palate is smooth, plump, velvety, fresh on the finish. Harmony exemplified.
Consumption period
2013 - 2021
Our suggestions
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Ground
Surface
16.00 ha
Soil
Gravel.
Winemaking
Grape harvest
By hand
Others
Graft stock
101.14 - 3309C - Riparia
Plant food
Traditional, limited impact.
Plant density
8,500 vines per hectare.
Wine average age
25 years old
Grape variety
Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon.
Pruning type
Double guyot with debudding.
Fermentation
In stainless-steel temperature controlled tanks with patented cap-breaking system.
Fermentation temperature
28 to 30°C
Malolactic
Yes
Wine maturing
For 12 months in oak barrels (40% new) with racking.
Maturing potential
Subject to vintage, expressive after 3 to 5 years, can age 10 to 15 years.
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