- white medium-sweet
- 0 in stock
- Organic
- Biodynamic
- Low Sulfur
This cuvée is the principal wine of organically certified Domaine de Souch, the first produced in 1989 by Madame Yvonne Hegoburu when she decided to plant a vineyard and make wine as a tribute to her husband gone too soon. Jurançon, which per law has to have a minimum of 40 g of residual sugars since 2011, is a very unique moelleux in the sweet wine universe thanks to the incredible acidity and ripeness of the Mansengs concentrated by passerillage and not by noble rot, avoiding oxidative characters. An equal blend of Petit and Gros Manseng planted in 1985 on poudingues in front of the property, the grapes are hand-harvested and vinified in stainless steel for a year to preserve the varietal aromatics. Malo does not happen and levels of sulfurs are kept on the lower side for moelleux. The wine is sterile-filtered and bottled in September. In 2016, a late vintage, this is a text-book example of Jurançon with its crystal-clear notes of quince, mango, kaffir lime and Thai basil. Driven by the Petit Manseng, the sugar and the acid are perfectly balanced, and you would never guess the 73 g of RS (well above the minimum required for moelleux - 40 g or late harvest - 55 g! Drink now or keep 10 years or so. A terrine of goose foie gras with preserved kumquat, a sweet and sour chicken or a roasted pineapple pie would be great companions for this bottle. 50% Petit Manseng, 50% Gros Manseng. 73 g RS. pH 2.97. Pascaline Lepeltier.