Chateau Couhins Pessac-Léognan Blanc 1990 Rheingau Villaescusa

Villaescusa

limited production Rioja

making them the longest-standing winemaking family in the region

ripe stone fruit

rooted in deep volcanic ash and basalt soils

Chateau Couhins Pessac-Léognan Blanc 1990 Rheingau VillaescusaThe Land Chteau Couhins lies in the Pessac Lognan appellation just south of Bordeaux, in the Graves, the gravel and sand country that is the original home of the region's dry whites. Couhins was ranked a Cru Class de Graves for its white in the 1959 classification, a short list of the appellation's finest white terroirs. The vineyard sits on gravel over clay and limestone, soils that drain hard and push the vines deep, and its white grapes come off