AOC Pessac-Léognan - Cru Classé de Graves
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.
Cépages
Sauvignon : 100%
Sauvignon blanc : 100%
Teneur en alcool
12.5% vol.
Conditions météorologiques
While January and February were colder than average, 2009 was nevertheless a warm year (one of the warmest in a century). There was a great deal of sunshine and a remarkable drought during the summer months.
Vendanges
09/01/2009
Dégustation
Couhins-Lurton White 2009 is a finely-crafted wine that is pale green in color and it is already showing some of its mettle. With an intense, complex nose of tropical fruits, pineapple, mango mingling with lemon. With agitation come haunting vanilla and light toasty notes. The palate is rich and full, mouthwateringly fruity and floral, with delicate, melting oak already perfectly blended-in. The finish shows the terroir's signature flinty character, sign of a promising future. Both concentrated and elegant, this is a wine to serve with poultry or baked fish, or to accompany the cheese platter.
Terroir
Gravel, sand and gravel, on a subsoil of limestone
Vigne
Pruning type: Double guyot with debudding
Grape Harvest: By hand in several passes
Vinification
After pressing and settling, in oak barrels (30% new).
Elevage
For 10 months in oak barrels on full lees with bâtonnage.
Service
Serve between 8°C and 11°C
Potentiel de garde
10 to 15 years
Château Couhins-Lurton is the smallest of our family estates, but also the smallest of the Graves Crus Classés. Nestled on a unique clay-limestone terroir, it gives birth to Sauvignon Blancs of great minerality and to greedy, fruity Merlots. Thanks to their good acidity and low pH, these white and red wines stand out for their freshness and exceptional ageing potential, true signatures of great Bordeaux wines.
