Wines made from Courbu blanc grapes
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More informations about the variety Courbu blanc
Native variety of the Pyrenean vineyard that does not correspond to the white form of the courbu noir. It should not be confused with the petit courbu, published genetic analysis has shown that it is related to one or more varieties including the lercat and for more details click here! Courbu blanc is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
What are the typical flavors of the Courbu blanc grape variety?
- Citrus fruitPresent in 5% of Courbu blanc
- EarthPresent in 5% of Courbu blanc
- Tree fruitPresent in 5% of Courbu blanc
- SpicesPresent in 4% of Courbu blanc
- CitrusPresent in 3% of Courbu blanc
- OakPresent in 3% of Courbu blanc
- Tropical fruitPresent in 3% of Courbu blanc
- Dried fruitPresent in 2% of Courbu blanc
- PeachPresent in 2% of Courbu blanc
- Non oakPresent in 2% of Courbu blanc
- HoneyPresent in 2% of Courbu blanc
- VegetalPresent in 2% of Courbu blanc
- PineapplePresent in 1% of Courbu blanc
- FloralPresent in 1% of Courbu blanc
- LycheePresent in 1% of Courbu blanc
- MicrobioPresent in 1% of Courbu blanc
- GrapefruitPresent in 1% of Courbu blanc
- GooseberryPresent in 1% of Courbu blanc
- Passion fruitPresent in 1% of Courbu blanc
- MelonPresent in 1% of Courbu blanc
News about the grape variety Courbu blanc
Alsace wine leader André Hugel has passed away
André Hugel was an 11th generation member of Famille Hugel, one of the region’s most influential and highly-regarded wine families. The Hugel family settled in the town of Riquewihr, located in the heart of Alsace, all the way back in 1639. André ran Famille Hugel along with his brothers, Jean and Georges, as it developed into one of the world’s top producers. It owns 30 hectares (ha) of prime plots in the Haut-Rhin area, half of which are classified as Grand Cru, and it buys grapes from a furth ...
Lafite Rothschild 2021 released en primeur
Lafite Rothschild 2021 was released at €470 per bottle ex-Bordeaux this morning (7 June) and was being offered en primeur by UK merchants at the equivalent of £5,808 per 12-bottle case in bond, said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle rated Lafite 2021 at 97 points, a strong performance in one of the more challenging Bordeaux vintages of recent years. ‘Surely a contender for wine of the vintage, certainly on the Left Bank. Vibrant and explosive,’ Hindle wrote. L ...
Parts of Pouilly-Loché and Pouilly-Vinzelles set to obtain premier cru status
French national appellation authority (INAO) representative Alexis Sannier told decanter.com that a committee had ‘validated’ in September their ‘admissibility as premier cru climats and commissioned a group of experts to determine their delimitation’. Official recognition for 2024 ‘seems realistic’, he said. The request for the four climats – Les Mûres in Pouilly-Loché and Les Quarts, Les Longeays, and Les Pétaux in Pouilly-Vinzelles, which account for about one-third of 84 hectares from the tw ...