Jurancon"Jurançon is one of France's most distinctive white wines" (Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, World Atlas of Wine, Mitchel Beazley). Département - Pyrénées-Atlantiques See South-West France Map Actually there are two appellations here: wines are dry (Jurançon Sec) or moelleux - sweet - (Jurançon), made from Petit and Gros Manseng and, sometimes, Courbu. The most interesting of these varieties is Petit Manseng which accounts for around 30% of plantings and, certainly, the best sweet wines are produced entirely from late-harvested Petit Manseng and the better dry wines are this that include a significant proportion of it. Vines have to be trained high to avoid damage from the spring frosts. The observation in the World Atlas of Wine is, without a doubt, true; it's only a shame that more consumers haven't discovered this - yet. |
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