Costat Darrer, Camin Larredya, Jurançon, France . Les grains des copains. Unique dessert wine from the AOP Jurançon. Full aromas of fresh tropical fruit: pineapple, mango and also mandarin. Round and full in the mouth. With again delicious fresh tropical fruit, nice sweet-sour balance.

• Serve 8-10 °C
• Drink: now until 2027

Camin Larredya, top winery from the Jurançon

This dessert wine comes from one of the very best winemakers in the Jurançon: Jean-Marc Grussaute . And a very nice and friendly guy too! Read what the leading French wine magazine RVF (La Revue du Vin de France) writes about him.

Terroir Jurançon

Siliceous clay soil, with layers of silt, sand, clay and pebbles. The vineyards are located at 250 to 325 meters, at the foot of the Pyrenees. Both Petit and Gros Manseng have a thick skin. This makes them resistant to mildew and downy mildew. In addition, the wind from the mountains ensures that the grapes dry again quite quickly after rain. So that also helps against rot.

This also means that the harvest here is quite late, between October 25 and November 10. Together with the higher altitude, this means that the difference between day and night temperatures is quite large. The grapes ripen well, but also retain their acids.

Viticulture

The vines are on average 25 years old. Camin Larredya works biodynamically . But without certification. Because they buy part of the grapes for this wine from friends. Hence "les grains des copains" in the wine name. The harvest is manual with a low yield of approx. 30 hl/ha. The grapes for this wine are ' passerillées ', slightly dried, without botrytis / noble rot.

Vinification

Camin Larredya uses the entire bunch , without destemming. 2/3 of the grapes go directly into the press. The rest is macerated for 48 to 72 hours. This extracts extra aromas and flavours. The must ferments spontaneously in barrels of 225l (5% is new) and in large foeders of 1200 to 2500l. The alcoholic fermentation is temperature-controlled. The dessert wine does not undergo malolactic fermentation. This preserves the fruity freshness.

The wine then matures for another 6 months on the lees, which are also stirred ( batonnage ). This gives the wine roundness. In the summer, the wine is left to rest. Then this beautiful dessert wine is bottled.

Costat Darrer, Camin Larredya, Jurançon, France