Chateau Couhins-Lurton Pessac-Leognan AOC Rouge 2015

Its brilliant, deep colour is almost garnet-red. The bouquet is beautifully complex, with ripe, slightly jammy, black-berry fruit (blackberry, black plum) and toasty overtones. On the palate, it is particularly attractive, elegant wine, offering an initial impression of softness, lovely length and remarkable concentration, as well as subtle balance, all indicative of its excellent ageing potential.

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.

THE VINEYARD Surface - 16.00 Soil - Gravel. Graft stock - 101.14 - 3309C - Riparia Plant food - Traditional, limited impact. Plant density - 8,500 vines per hectare. Wine average age - 25 years old Pruning type - Double guyot with debudding. Grape harvest - By hand

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

FOOD AND WINE PAIRING - Starters - Fish and Shellfish - Cheese - Salads