Chateau La Louviere Blanc (Futures Pre-Sale) 2011
Bordeaux White Blends
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Product Details
Varietal
Producer
Vintage
2011
Size
750ML
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Winemaker Notes
Powerful, complex bouquet, with notes of candied and dried fruits. Rich, opulent and with a long finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
An intensely herbaceous wine, with delicious flavors of grapefruit, apricot juice and spice. The finish is lively and fruity, with mineral acidity.
Barrel Sample: 94-96 Points -
Wine Spectator
Offers lots of crunchy honeysuckle, Meyer lemon and grapefruit pulp notes, with a backdrop of straw and salted butter that should fill in with more time. Rock-solid.
Barrel Sample: 90-93 points
Located fourteen kilometers south of the city of Bordeaux, in the heart of the Pessac-Leognan appellation, Chateau La Louviere's history goes back seven centuries. Records show that wine was already made there in 1310.
However, the vineyard as we know it today dates from the early 16th century. In 1620, the Carthusian monks who inherited the estate contributed their experience and expertise to producing wines that acquired an international reputation. Jean-Baptiste Mareilhad, a rich negociant, purchased the property during the French Revolution and built the present-day chateau in a pure neoclassical style. It is now listed as a historic monument. Andre Lurton became the owner of La Louviere in 1965 and has worked tirelessly to restore the estate's former splendour.
BEYLALOU_2011 Item# 118037