2017 Clos Cancaillau, Jurancon, Creme de Tete Price_207This is a sweet wine, a bit like a Sauternes but with an extra gear of racy acid and herbal nuance that makes it easier to drink. From both Manseng varieties (Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng).
and 2% Chardonnay
Monier’s vines sit high up on slopes looking down on the village of Saint-Désirat
Deep rancio tinged with notions of caramel and baked apple
"why would I waste my time with a bunch of garbage or newmake barely seen a barrel ******" (his words not mine)
low-intervention approach at her Serradenari estate
resulting in physiological ripeness balanced by firm
I would give a short decant
and 2021 is an exceptional vintage
limestone-driven acid spine
Les Journaries is from old vines from La Landonne
resulting in a restrained
and this wine is a great introduction to it