1*Étoile
Hachette
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15,5/20
Bettane & Desseauve
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15/20
RVF
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15/20
Gault & Millau
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15/20
Jancis Robinson
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88/100
Wine Spectator
" What a modern expression this lovely wine gives us! Crunchy black berries mingle with recomposed sweet spices. On the palate, woody fruit and silky tannins dance with joy". (Les Meilleurs Vins de France 2015 - Gault Millau) Delivery in wooden cases for orders of 6 bottles of this wine.
Features
Estate
Château Couhins-Lurton
Vintage
2011
Designation
Pessac-Léognan
Region
Bordeaux
Grape varieties
77% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon
Terroirs
gravelly soils
Viticulture
reasoned
Harvest
manual
Winemaking
fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks
Breeding
12 months in barrels (40% new)
Tasting & pairing
Eye
deep garnet, almost black
Nose
refined, elegant aromas of black fruit with hints of burnt wood
Mouth
supple, suave and very rich. Notes of black fruit, chocolate and light tobacco. Smooth tannins. Very fleshy
Serve
at 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2016
Drink before
2026
Food and wine pairing
will go well with pigeon or poultry with chanterelle mushrooms, crispy chicken with soy sauce, or more generally, white or red meats, game, a cheese platter...
Château Couhins-Lurton
Pessac-Léognan
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated 15.5/20 (Very good wine)
Estate rated (2017 guide) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)
About the wine:
Deep color, notes of blackberry and peony, fairly broad, mellow attack, present tannins of medium finesse, balanced length.
About the domain :
The cru has been restructured and the château brilliantly renovated by André Lurton, who along with La Louvière has made it his flagship property in the Graves. Couhins produces a white wine of remarkable finesse, very typical of Sauvignon, but which takes on the spicy, mineral notes typical of the terroir as it ages. With younger vines, the red is gradually gaining in dimension.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine rated (2015 guide) 1*Star (Very successful wine)
About the wine:
Made from 67% Merlot and 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2011 delivers an expressive, complex bouquet of black fruits, spices, leather and undergrowth. A bright, intensely fruity, finely oaked attack introduces an ample, dense, solid, generous palate. Great promise for the future.
Guide des Vins Gault & Millau
Wine rated (2015 guide) 15/20 (Very good)
About the wine:
What a modern expression of this lovely wine! Crunchy black berries mingle with recomposed sweet spices. On the palate, woody fruit and silky tannins dance with joy.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2016 guide) 15/20 (Good wine)
Estate rated (2017 guide) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winemakers with good production levels, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
About the domain :
It took no less than forty years for the tenacious André Lurton to succeed, in 1992, in rebuilding the entire estate. Only classified as white, the production in this color, monitored by oenologists Denis Dubourdieu and Valérie Lavigne, is entirely devoted to Sauvignon, with crystalline expressions of this grape variety. In its youth, the wine may seem to express more the primary qualities of Sauvignon than those of its terroir, but it often acquires surprising complexity with age, as our tasting of ten-year-old vintages has already shown. On the red side, Merlot dominates in a vineyard that is beginning to look a little older, but which for a long time produced fairly light wines. With the arrival of Michel Rolland and his team, things have been moving in the right direction since 2003 for the reds! A clear search for denser, silkier and more seductive wines is underway. In 2014 and 2015, a small volume of red wine benefited from full vinification in 30 barrels and 4 9 hectoliter foudres. And initiatives are set to accelerate with the arrival in 2015 of Christine Lurton at the helm of the Pessac-Léognan crus owned by André Lurton, the man with 600 hectares of vines - of which Crédit Agricole is a major shareholder.
Wine Spectator
Wine rated (2014 guide) 88/100 (Good wine)
Jancis Robinson
Wine rated (2015 guide ) 15/20
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