Domaine Cauhape Symphonie de Novembre Jurancon Moelleux 2021 (Half bottle)
Domaine Cauhape Symphonie de Novembre Jurancon Moelleux
Region: Jurancon, France
Vintage: 2021
Bottle size: 37.5cl
Grape: 60% Gros Manseng 40% Camaralet
ABV: 14%
On the nose, this wine has a perfect blend of exotic and citrus fruits, delightfully integrated with toasted sweet spices. The palate is smooth and aromatic, with ripe fruit flavours and delicious notes of pineapple, quince, and chestnut, to create a complex and delicate wine.
Jurançon is famed for its sweet wines and Domaine Cauhapé produces a beautiful example in the form of ‘Symphonie de Novembre’ made from 100% Petit Manseng. The grapes undergo ‘passerillage’, remaining on the vine until November to dry and concentrate their sugars without being affected by noble rot.
In 1970, winemaker and label artist Henri Ramonteu took over his family’s cattle farm in the Jurançon village of Monein. He sold the cattle, purchased four hectares of vines and founded Domaine Cauhapé, making his first sweet wines in 1980 (as is traditional in Jurançon), followed by dry wines in 1984. Today, the domaine is regarded as one of the appellation's finest producers.