| Producer | Camin Larredya |
| Country | France |
| Region | Jurancon |
| Varietal | Petit Manseng |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 04953 |
| Size | 750ml |
One of the most wildly delicious and complex "not dry" wines we know of. You can call it sweet if you like and it will certainly do magic with an apricot upside-down cake. But we'll be drinking our bottles before dinner (or maybe mid-afternoon on a sunny Sunday?) with salty nuts and cheese. The wines of Jurancon in the Pyrenees foothills have traditionally been "moelleux" - i.e., have had some residual sugar - as a necessary balance to the almost searing acidity of mountain-grown Petit Manseng. Climate change means dry wines work here today as well, but this traditional bottle made from grapes dried on the vine and picked with multiple passes in the vineyard is still our favorite.
The 2021 is intense, layered and brilliantly sweet/sharp. Aromas and flavors of caramelized apricots, grilled pineapple, fresh white flowers, and a bare hint of butterscotch are captivating. At 90 g/l of residual sugar, there's some sweetness to the mid-palate and the start of the finish before the vigorous acids come up and scrub your palate clean. Sweet, golden, late-summer, sunshine. That's what this tastes like.
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