Chateau Couhins Pessac-Léognan Blanc 1996 Subregion_Barbaresco and stone fruit on the

and stone fruit on the nose

cherry pit

4-hectare parcel called "Les Chalois" here

New oak runs at approximately one-third

with 30% new oak

Chateau Couhins Pessac-Léognan Blanc 1996 Subregion_Barbaresco and stone fruit on theThe 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