Château Couhins-Lurton rouge 2011
1*Étoile
Hachette
15,5/20
Bettane & Desseauve
15/20
RVF
15/20
Gault & Millau
15/20
Jancis Robinson
88/100
Wine Spectator
" What a modern expression this lovely wine conveys! Crisp black berries mingle with sweet, reconstituted spices. The appealing palate reveals a woody fruitiness where silky tannins dance with joy." (Les Meilleurs Vins de France 2015 - Gault Millau) Delivery in wooden cases for all orders of 6 bottles of this wine.
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Eye
garnet-colored dress, gathered, almost black
Nose
Refined and elegant aromas of black fruits with toasted notes
Mouth
Supple, smooth, and very rich. Notes of dark fruit, chocolate, and blond tobacco. Mellow tannins. Very full-bodied.
Serve
at 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2016
Drink before
2026
Food and wine pairings
It pairs well with wood pigeon or poultry with chanterelle mushrooms, crispy chicken with soy sauce, or more generally, white or red meat, game, a cheese platter...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated 15.5/20 (Very good wine)
Rated estate (2017 guide) 3 stars (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)
About wine:
Deep color, notes of blackberries and peonies, fairly broad attack, mellow, tannins present and of medium finesse, balanced finish.
About the estate:
The vineyard was restructured and the château brilliantly renovated by André Lurton, who made it his flagship property in the Graves region alongside La Louvière. Couhins produces a remarkably refined white wine, very typical of Sauvignon but acquiring the spicy and mineral notes typical of the terroir as it ages. With younger vines, the red wine is gradually gaining in depth.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine noted (guide 2015) 1*Star (Very successful wine)
About wine:
Made from 67% Merlot and 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2011 vintage offers an expressive and complex bouquet of black fruits, spices, leather, and undergrowth. A vibrant, intensely fruity, and delicately woody attack introduces a full-bodied, dense, solid, and generous palate. Great promise for the future.
Guide des Vins Gault & Millau
Wine rated (2015 guide) 15/20 (Very good)
About wine:
What a modern expression this lovely wine conveys! Crisp black berries mingle with sweet, reconstituted spices. The appealing palate reveals a woody fruitiness where 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)
Rated estate (2017 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing good wines; you won't be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)
About the estate:
It took the tenacious André Lurton no less than forty years to rebuild almost the entire estate in 1992. Classified solely as a white wine, the production, overseen by oenologists Denis Dubourdieu and Valérie Lavigne, is entirely devoted to Sauvignon, with crystalline expressions of this grape variety. When young, the wine may seem to express the primary qualities of Sauvignon more than those of its terroir, but it often acquires surprising complexity with age, as we have already seen from tasting ten-year-old vintages. On the red side, Merlot dominates in a vineyard that is beginning to age, but which has long produced fairly light wines. With the arrival of Michel Rolland and his team, things have been moving in the right direction for the reds since 2003! A clear quest 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 casks. And these initiatives are sure to accelerate with the arrival of Christine Lurton in 2015 at the helm of André Lurton's Pessac-Léognan vineyards, a 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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