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Tasting notes

Winemaker’s notes: Lively, brilliant yellow color with green reflections. The bouquet is intense and complex, offering exotic fruit and floral aromas with fine oak hints. On the palate the attack is fat and full, and the acidity is totally integrated, which gives an aromatic power to the wine.
Food pairing: Fish dishes, white meat or fine cheeses.

Additional information

This AOC Irouléguy cuvee (from the French Basque country) ages in oak barrels and consists of the following cépage:
-70% Gros Manseng (gives freshness, fatness and citrus aromas)
-20% Petit Manseng (structure, alcohol and exotic fruit aromas)
-10% Petit Courbu (finesse, smoothness and mineral notes)
Cellaring: Up to 5 years.

Recent Acknowledgments

-Decanter World Wine Awards 2011: Best French regional white (2010)
-Concours Générale Agricole Paris 2011 & 2008:
Gold medal (2010) & Silver (2007) respectively

Producer

Vineyard:

Cave Irouleguy

Region:

Sud-Ouest

Country:

France

Wine details

Product code:

FS0B02

Classification:

AOC

Grapes:

Gros Manseng
Petit Manseng
Courbu

Year:

2010

Alcohol:

13.5 %

Temperature:

8-10 °C

Presentation:

6 bottles in case, 0.75 each