Chateau Couhins-Lurton Blanc 2001 Bouteille (75cl)

Histoire du domaine

At the end of the 17th century, the property was known as "Bourdieu de La Gravette" and belonged to the Bordeaux notary Alphonse Banchereau. Passed down in 1730 to his son Jean-Baptiste, it remained in this family for over a century, during which time the manor house was built around 1800. Following several changes of ownership in the 19th century, the estate was acquired in 1855 by Antoine Lair, then passed in 1883 to his granddaughter Catherine Sérès, wife of Victor Hanappier. The Hanappiers, later allied with the Gasquetons, developed the reputation of Couhins, whose white wine was classified as a Cru Classé de Graves in 1959. In 1967, when uprooting the last vines was being considered following the death of Édouard Gasqueton, André Lurton took over the estate on a lease basis and preserved the two remaining planted hectares. In 1972, he purchased part of the vineyard from INRA, giving birth to the Château Couhins-Lurton entity, and then in 1992 acquired the château, cellars, outbuildings, and park in order to reconstitute a unified wine estate. Reconstruction and restoration work began in 1998; the red grape varieties returned to the cellar in 2002. Following the passing of André Lurton in 2019, continuity is ensured by his family under the presidency of Jacques Lurton, who has signed the estate's wines since the 2018 vintage.