Domaine Cauhapé Jurançon Symphonie de Novembre 375ml 2022

Domaine Cauhapé Jurançon Symphonie de Novembre is the November pick of Petit Manseng, a step richer than the estate's October cuvée, in a half bottle.

Jurançon lies in the foothills of the Pyrenees south west of Pau, where vines are trained high on wires to escape spring frost and the autumn is long enough to leave fruit hanging into winter. Domaine Cauhapé sits above Monein, where Henri Ramonteu built the estate up to some forty hectares of Gros Manseng and Petit Manseng on clay and silex. The dry foehn wind off Spain shrivels the berries on the vine rather than encouraging botrytis, so the sweet wines are made by passerillage, picked in successive passes from October through to January. Symphonie de Novembre is the November pass, when the foehn has shrivelled the berries further and residual sugar reaches around 75 grams per litre. It is pure Petit Manseng, part fermented and raised in oak barrel for extra breadth.

Richer and rounder but still cut by acidity, it suits foie gras, Roquefort and cooked stone fruit; serve at 8 to 10 degrees in small glasses.

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