Grapes: 10% Petite Manseng + 90% Gros Manseng
Region: Jurançon, Pyrenees, France
Vintage: 2022
Viticulture: Biodynamic
Soils: Clay + Limestone
Vinification: Hand-harvested, direct pressed into seasoned barrels without fining or filtration and without additions.
Aging: Barrels
Fining or Filtering: None
Sulfur: Minimal amount at bottling
Notes from the Importer: Jean-Baptiste Semmartin the proprietor/vigneron behind Domaine Lajibe was a sportsman in a past life, representing France on it's national fencing team. He fell into wine from there, first making wine in Bordeaux, then in Collioure and finally in Burgundy where he worked with Biodynamic pioneer, Emmanuel Giboulout. This experience led him on the path towards respect for the environment and the conservation of nature. His vineyards were certified Organic in 2010 and Biodynamic in 2019. The dry wines are taught, fine and chiselled yet there is weight and density and a superb concentration - the wines are impeccably balanced with a fine freshness, a zesty pineapple core and salty minerality on the finish. These wines can hold their own with any others.
Jurançon is one of the mythical wine regions in France, tucked into the Pyrenees and producing incisive and long lived wines from the Petit Manseng, Gros Manseng and Petit Courbu grapes. In fact it's sweet liquoreux wines can improve over many decades.
