France, Jurancon AOC
Petit Manseng
Description
The Latrille family has produced award-winning sweet wines from the Petit Manseng grape variety in the beautiful Pyrenees-facing vineyards of southwest France for decades. Concentrating the grapes on the vine produces a fresh sweetness that’s pure and very elegant. Aged nine months in French oak.
Awards
90 pts Decanter Points
Certifications
The nose presents notes of honey, acacia, medlar, apricot and peaches. On the palate, after a fresh and round attack, we find the same aromas and complexity as those on the the nose. The palate is powerful yet smooth - Petit Manseng at it's very best
Alcohol
12.5%
Analytical data
sweet/dessert
80.2 g/l residual sugar
4.51 g/l acidity
3.11 pH
Vineyard
Vine density: 3300-4000 / ha
Yield: 25hl/ha hl/ha
Soil Type
Chalky, clayey soils on southfacing slopes.
Winemaker
Michel Boutin
Viticulture
100% Petit Manseng
Vinification
After total destemming and maceration before fermentation, we keep only the free-run juice to make this wine, in order to obtain the best of the richness and the aromas of the Petit Manseng grapes.
Maturation
Barrel aged (French oak) for 9 months
Aromas
Wood: none
Taste
Body: complex
Bottling
Size: 0.500l
GTIN: 3433813004007
Packaging
Bottles per case: 6
GTIN: 23433813004025
