Château de RousseCuvée Sélection Jurançon
Sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Courbu blanc, the Gros Manseng and the Petit Manseng.
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Château de Rousse's Cuvée Sélection Jurançon.
Discover the grape variety: Courbu blanc
Structured, aromatic dry and sweet whites with a pale golden robe, an ample palate and preserved acidity of signature yellow fruits (pear, peach, apricot), candied citrus, honey, white flowers (acacia) and spiced notes. Fine ageing and cellaring potential. Essential component of Jurançon AOC (dry and passerillage sweet), Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC and Béarn AOC. Native French grape of Béarn, signature of Pyrenean whites.
Informations about the Château de Rousse
The Château de Rousse is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Jurançon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Jurançon
Béarn jewel of whites at the foot of the Pyrenees: signature Petit Manseng as king white for sweet wines (on-vine raisining) — opulent and fresh with notes of honey, candied pineapple, mango, apricot, white flowers, cinnamon, nutmeg and a truffle touch, signature chiseled acidity balancing sugar. Gros Manseng as dry, lively and taut (citrus, exotic fruits, flowers). Courbu and Lauzet as complement. AOC (1936), ~1,000 ha on 25 communes south of Pau, clay-gravel terraces.
The wine region of South West
French mosaic of strong identities south of Bordeaux. Cahors and its Malbec ("black wine"): deep reds with notes of blackberry, plum, violet, tobacco and cocoa, firm tannins. Madiran and its dense, age-worthy Tannat. Jurançon whites: golden sweet (apricot, honey, pineapple) and lively dry from Petit Manseng.
The word of the wine: Bracket
Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.
