Domaine Montesquiou, Jurancon Sec Cuvade Preciouse 2020
- White
- 75cl
- ABV 14%
This is Montesquiou's top cuvee from very low yielding 40 year old vines. Sensitively aged in new to five year old barrels, the wine's intense, exotic fruit is nicely tethered by a characteristic, refreshing acidity.
- Country: France
- Region: Jurancon
- Grape: Gros Manseng
Do not destalk. Pressing for 3 hrs by pneumatic press, settling of the juice for 3 to 10 days after harvesting. Fermentation in 225L barrels (at 16 degrees C to 20 degrees C) using natural, indigenous yeasts or selected yeasts if September has been rainy. Alcoholic fermentation for 4 weeks up to several months. No malolactic fermentation. Aged for 10 months in 225L barrels of 1 to 5 wines medium toast. No batonnage, no racking, no collage, just a light filtration on patches of cellulose before bottling. Only one bottling in September. Between 6000 and 7000 bottles produced on average
Domaine Montesquiou is in Monein’s Quartier Haut Ucha, where brothers Fabrice and Sébastien reintroduced ancient grape varieties, such as petit courbu, camaralet and lauzet, to bring more complexity and singularity to their dry whites. As Monein is both the lowest zone and the farthest from the Pyrenees, the climate tends to be slightly warmer – the domaine’s wines show this with their silky flesh and riper fruit, while keeping the electric bite for which Jurancon wines are famous.
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Domaine Montesquiou, Jurancon Sec Cuvade Preciouse 2020
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