Andre Lurton

 

From the House of Andre Lurton

 

Ch Couhin-Lurton Blanc 2002
Cru Classe de Graves, AOC Pessac-Leognan

A beautiful, pure 100% Sauvignon, the 2001 Couhins-Lurton offers opulent notes of grapefruit, honeysuckle, melons, and figs. It is a light to medium-bodied, well-delineated, crisp white with a long finish.

- 91 points: Robert Parker

 

Ch La Louviere 2002
AOC Pessac-Leognan

Dark ruby/ purple-colored, ripe 1996 exhibits an excellent combination of sweet black currant fruit meshed with notes of Provencal olives, liquorice, smoke and toasty new oak. With medium to full body, excellent sweetness, and a layered, concentrated finish.

- 90 points: Robert Parker
- 91 points: Wine Spectator

 

Ch Tour De Segur 2002 (1500ml)
AOC St. Emilion

Bright red in color with fruity and spicy flavors. The wine is full and velverty on the palate, coupled with mellow tannins. Full and agreeable final.

 

Ch Dauzac 2003 (375ml)
Ch Dauzac 2002
Classified Fifth Growth, AOC Margaux

This is a big, corpulent, powerful wine that may be short on charm and finesse, but compensates with its full-bodied, macho display of fruit, glycerin, and tannin. The saturated ruby/purple color is accompanied by a chewy, thick, highly extracted, moderately tannic Margaux.

 

Clos Fourtet 2004
Premier Grand Cru Classe, AOC St. Emilion

Subtle aromas of forest fruit, meat and flowers follow through to a full-bodied palate, with silky tannins and a delicate berry, chocolate and earth aftertaste. Well done for the vintage.

- 90 points: Wine Spectator

 

Cellar Selection

 

La Prade 2004
Cotes de Franc
It is soft, opulent, and fleshy. Sweet blackberry and cassis, licorice, smoke and underbrush characteristics along with good purity, excellent texture, and soft acidity as well as tannin suggest it should be consumed over the next 7-8 years.

- 89 points: Robert Parker

 

La Sirene de Giscours 2004
2nd wine of Chateau Giscours, Margaux

Taste Note not available

 

Reserve De La Comtesse 2004

There has been a noticeable increase in the quality of Pichon Lalande’s second wine. A blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc, the accessible, impressively-endowed 2004 Reserve de la Comtesse possesses a deep ruby/purple color as well as notes of creme de cassis, charcoal, and spice box. It should drink well upon release, and evolve for a decade.

- 88-90 points: Robert Parker

   
 

La Sirene de Giscours 1996
2nd wine of Chateau Giscours, Margaux

Light and fruity, with good berry and cherry character. Medium- to light-bodied, with light tannins and a fruity finish. Delicious

- 82 points: Wine Spectator

   
 

Reserve De La Comtesse 2003 (Limited Qty)
Pauillac

It was somewhat monolithic and superficial, but charming and well-endowed. It is well-made and can be over the next 8-10 years.

- 88 points: Robert Parker

   
 

Ch. Langoa Barton 2001
3rd Classified Growth, AOC Saint Julien

This property belongs to the same owner as Leoville barton and the wine of Langoa is said to be the brother of Leoville Barton. Tobacco, spice box, cedar, and black currants offer a perfumed, complex introduction to this structured, beefy, muscular St.-Julien. As usual, a battle between the fruit and structure is being waged in this 2001, which appears to be a bit broader and more charming than most young Langoa Bartons. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2016.

- 88 points: Robert Parker

   
 

Kirwan 2004 (Limited Qty)
3rd Classified Growth, Margaux

A sleeper of the vintage, the successful 2004 has put on considerable weight over the last year. Its dense purple color is accompanied by aromas of flowers, black cherries, cassis, licorice, and toasty oak. Medium-bodied with good underlying acidity, moderately high, sweet tannin, and a long, authoritative finish.

- 90-92 points: Robert Parker

   
 

Moulin St George 2003
Grand Cru, AOC St. Emilion

Another estate owned by perfectionist Alain Vauthier (the proprietor of Ausone), this is the poor person’s value pick from this proprietor. One of the finest vintages ever made by Alain Vauthier is the 2003 Moulin St.-Georges, a sleeper of the vintage. Deep purple to the rim with an exquisite nose of blueberries, white flowers, crushed rocks, and mulberry, the wine is rich, textured, powerful, and much more structured and full-bodied than it usually is in other vintages.

- 91 points: Robert Parker

   
 

La Fleur de Gay 2004
2nd wine of L'Église-Clinet, Pomerol

Aromas of blackberries, chocolate and cherries follow through to a medium-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a light finish

- 91 points: Wine Spectator

   

 

Ch.Pichon Lalande 1999

A blend of 47% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Petit Verdot, the 1999 Pichon-Lalande is putting on weight as it evolves in cask. The color is a deep ruby with purple nuances. Medium to full-bodied, with a sexy nose of caramel, tobacco, sweet black currants, and spice, it is a silky-textured, seductive effort that may merit an outstanding rating, if it develops more length and mid-palate. It has evolved well over the last year, and is now displaying more of Pichon-Lalande's class and nobility.

- 88-89 points: Robert Parker

 
 
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