A dry, full-bodied Jurançon, crafted for your gastronomic pairings, with a beautiful mineral structure, plenty of body, and aromas of nuts, honey, candied citrus, and apricot... Decanting is recommended.
Ingredients and nutrition facts
40% Petit Manseng (planted in 1991), 35% Gros Manseng (1991), and 25% Petit Courbu, from vines planted in Monein in the Tauzy locality, a 2-hectare east-facing plot. Silt-clay soils with iron-rich gravel and red clay. Hand-harvested during the second half of October, with yields around 35 hl/ha. Natural winemaking: direct and very slow pressing of whole clusters, fermentation and aging in old wooden casks for 12 months on full lees. Blending and an additional 6 months in stainless steel tanks, with the lees.
Franck Lihour is the winemaker at the helm of Domaine Castéra, a highly promising estate that is already well established in the region. Following in the footsteps of his parents, Pierrette and Christian, Franck returned to the estate in 2014. After earning his diploma in viticulture and oenology, he honed his craft far from Béarn, working in Corsica, Burgundy, and Champagne, as well as South...
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Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
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