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Château Couhins
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2024
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Black raspberries, strawberries, and a hint of flowers open the wine. Medium/light-bodied, with crisp, bright, crunchy red fruits cross your palate. The wine will be ready-to-go on release. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot. 12.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2037. 89-91 Pts 844 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2025 |
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2024
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Lemons, orange rind, and flowers form the core of the wine. Quite zesty, and lively on the palate, the wine is packed with freshly squeezed lemon juice drizzled over green apples, with just a splash of spicy, pineapples in the endnote. This should be ready-to-go on release. The wine blends 94% Sauvignon Blanc with 6% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2027-2034. 92-92 Pts 997 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2025 |
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2023
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Bright red fruits, orange rind, flowers, tobacco and espresso form the character here. The medium-bodied palate is forward, round, and fresh, with black cherries, peppery spice, dark chocolate, and espresso from the mid-palate, through to the savory-edged, mildly chewy, spicy finish. The wine blends 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2027-2039. 100 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Black cherries, chocolate, flowers, and espresso form the character here. The medium-bodied palate is round, chewy, and loaded with black cherries, peppery spice, dark chocolate, espresso, and crisp red currants. Bright, and chewy in the finish, give it a few years in the bottle and it promises to be even better. The wine blends 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. 14 ABV. Drink from 2027-2039. 90-92 Pts. 1,113 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Honeysuckle, lemon wax, pomelo, and white flowers are easy to spot in the nose, and on the crisp, bright, citrus and pineapple-filled palate, leaving you with a fresh and refreshing finish. This will be ready-to-go on release, but if you wish, you can age t it for a decade or longer as well. The wine blends 96% Sauvignon Blanc with 4% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2025-2035. 127 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026Lemon grass, green apples, lemon rind, pomelo, and white flowers are easy to spot in the nose, and on the crisp, bright, citrus and pineapple filled palate. Fresh, and juicy, with a powdery texture in the finish, this should be ready-to-go on release. The wine blends 96% Sauvignon Blanc with 4% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2025-2032. 91 Pts. 1,399 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
The blast of flowers in the opening salvo is just great. From there, the wine hits your palate with its creamy-textured, layers of rich, plush, fruit. The finish has real staying power, which is just great because you are going to want more of those juicy, chocolaty fruits, with their gentle touch of ginger and spice that linger. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot. 2022 marks the first vintage as being certified as 100% organic. Drink from 2027-2042. 606 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025Spicy tobacco leaves, black currants, flowers, chocolate, and cherries show in the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, bright, fresh and spicy, with chewy tannins and a slight touch of cocoa in the finish. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot. 14.5 ABV. 2022 marks the first vintage as being certified as 100% Organic. Drink from 2025-2037. 90-92 Pts. 1,696 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2022
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Fresh, juicy, yellow citrus rind and white flowers create the perfume here. On the palate, the wine is sweet, lush, and creamy with a vibrant freshness to the waxy lemons in the long, juicy, finish. The wine blends 95% Sauvignon Blanc with 5% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2025-2030. 1,130 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025Pineapple, green apples, tea leaves, ginger, and spice create the complex set of aromatics. Creamy, fresh and fruity, with a sweet, white peach, and citrus oriented palate, along with a spicy endnote and a touch of crushed stone on the backend, this is going to be delicious on release. The wine blends 95% Sauvignon Blanc with 5% Sauvignon Gris. Drink from 2023-2032. 91-91 Pts. 2,274 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2022
Château Couhins La Dame de Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, lemons, green apples and honeysuckle, already pop in the nose, and on the, fruity palate. Drink from 2025-2031. 444 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025 |
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2021
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Blackberries, plums, tobacco and smoke are what you initially notice before moving on to the soft, dark, spiced, round, chalky, red, pit-fruit filled palate. Drink from 2023-2033. 89-91 1,055 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2021
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
It takes just a bit of swirling to find all of the green apples, orange rind, guava, pineapple, mango and white peaches in the nose and palate. Long, electric, fresh and delicious, this racy gem keeps on going long after the wine has left the glass. This could be the best white wine produced in the history of Couhins. Drink from 2024--2032. 1,127 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Flowers, yellow citrus, pineapple, mango with just a touch of white peach in the background of the nose and palate. Balanced between its racy freshness and creamy textures, this is a contender for the best white produced in the history of Couhins. Drink from 2023-2032. 93-93 1,739 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2021
Château Couhins La Dame de Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Bitingly fresh, lemon rind, grapefruit and almost ripe, but not quite, green apples. Drink this over the new few years for its crispness. Drink from 2023-2026. 89-89 1,076 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Loaded with black raspberries, flowers, mint leaf and black cherries in the perfume, the medium-bodied wine is fresh and juicy, offering espresso, smoked red fruits, herbs, spice and sweetness with lift and energy on the mid-palate and in the finish. Drink from 2025-2038. 1,376 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
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2020
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Because the wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, you find a lot of bright acidity that adds to the blast of green apples, lemons, oranges, grapefruits and yellow plums. Juicy, creamy, fresh and lifted at the end, this is a fabulous, white Bordeaux. Drink from 2023-2035. 1,356 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
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2020
Château Couhins La Dame de Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, soft, fresh, vibrant and forward, with a savory touch that rides along with all of its sweet, ripe, cherries, this is perfect for enjoyment on release. Drink from 2023-2029. 1,517 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
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2020
Château Couhins La Dame de Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Crispy, fresh lemons and green apples are at the core of the perfume and on the fresh, fruity palate. Drink from 2023-2026. 1,668 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
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2019
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Wet earth, forest leaf, herbs, tobacco wrapper and cherries shine in the perfume. Medium-bodied, elegant, sweet and fresh, this will drink with pleasure early in life, but it has the ability to age and evolve for 15 or more years with ease. Drink from 2023-2036. 1,767 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Smoked red fruits, barbecue and spice box aromas create a complex perfume. Soft, medium-bodied, elegant, silky and fresh, sweet red fruits in the finish make this a pleasure to taste. 90-92 Pts 1,954 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2019
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Fresh, bright, crisp, green apples, flowers, white peach and yellow citrus with a hint of underbrush come through easily on the nose and energetic, fresh, lemon-centric palate. Drink from 2022-2034. 1,178 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Bright, lifted citrus, green apple and a hint of yellow tropical fruit really pops here. On the palate, it gets even better with all that fresh-squeezed yellow citrus fruit. 91-93 Pts 2,213 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2018
Château Couhins La Dame de Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, soft, forward, light, sweet, earthy, cherry filled wine made for early drinking pleasure. 1,350 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |
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2018
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Ripe, elegant, soft, smoky, medium-bodied fruits with a nice sense of lift and refinement on the palate which carries through to the cigar box tinged finish. This is much nicer in bottle than in barrel. 1,068 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |
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2018
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Creamy, lush, round and fruity, with sweet yellow citrus, pineapple, mango and other tropical nuances. Juicy and refreshing, this is showing really well and should get even better with a few years of age. 952 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |
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2017
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Soft, fresh red fruits, wafts of tobacco and smoke work perfectly with this medium bodied, elegant style. It will not only be enchanting upon release but it can age for a decade as well. 1,437 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2017
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Bright, crisp, fresh and stony, the wine is packed with a trifecta of lemons, oranges and limes. Equally crisp and refreshing on the palate, this should age nicely, yet if you want a jolt of sweet, juicy citrus, it's nice young too. 1,962 Views Tasted Sep 4, 2020 |
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2016
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh and juicy, the wine offers smoke, espresso, truffle, tobacco and dark red berries. In the end note, the deep red pit fruits are fresh, sweet and smoky. Give this 3-5 years and it will really show nicely. 1,842 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019 |
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2016
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Orange and yellow citrus are paired together perfectly, serving up a bright splash in your glass. The sweetness in the fruits really shows well here. 1,141 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019 |
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2015
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, this is already showing accents of truffle, tobacco and dark red berries. The wine is round, fresh and sweet. In the end note, the black cherry and cassis are ripe, round and lush, leaving you with a touch of tobacco in the finish. 2,559 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Medium-bodied with forest scents, clean red fruits, elegant textures and freshness in the refined finish. 88 - 90 Pts 2,445 Views Tasted Apr 23, 2016 |
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2015
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Sweet, bright, fresh, crisp and tart lemons, grapefruit, flowers and lime provide the backdrop for this fresh, refreshing, zesty, citrus-filled charmer. 2,669 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2021 |
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2014
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Fresh, bright, crisp and fruity, with a lemon/lime tone on the nose and palate and a zesty, yellow citrus finish, this is fully ready to go. 1,841 Views Tasted Aug 9, 2020 |
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2013
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Leafy and herbal with hints of fruit, the wine is salty and dry on the finish. 82-84 Pts 1,561 Views Tasted Apr 21, 2014 |
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2011
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
This wine is light, bright and dominated by spicy red berries. 84-87 Pts 1,400 Views Tasted Apr 25, 2012 |
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2009
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Starting to decline, you can already sense nut and sherry aromas creeping, this requires drinking as soon as possible. 1,080 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2019 |
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2008
Château Couhins (Pessac-Léognan)
Leafy, olive and cedar notes crowd out most of the red fruits. The finish is salty, with bright red berries in the end note. This requires consumption sooner than later. 1,164 Views Tasted Sep 17, 2018 |
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2008
Château Couhins Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
You can see the age in the color, but the nose continues delivering flowers, honey and citrus. The fruit leans to the orange and yellow citrus side. There is still freshness and sweet lemons in the finish. This has aged nicely. 1,394 Views Tasted Sep 17, 2018 |
