2006 Petit Manseng Sec Cuvée Comte Philippe, Cabidos
(6x75cl)
| Product Code: | 58016106 |
| Description: | 2006 Petit Manseng Sec Cuvée Comte Philippe, Cabidos |
| Case Size: | 6x75cl |
| Producer: | Château de Cabidos |
| Region: | South West France |
| Country: | France |
| Alc. By Vol.: | 14.5 |
Grape Varieties
| 100% | Petit Manseng |
Food Matching Note:
Easily stands on its own and is wonderful as an autumn apéritif. Food pairings include any combinations of savoury and fruit, for example frisée lettuce and citrus salad; also excellent with Brie and Fourme d'Ambert.
Tasting Note:
Medium straw yellow in the glass, intense aromas of ripe exotic fruits on the nose. In the mouth there is a wonderful balance of fruity acidity and full bodied rich character imparted from barrel ageing on the lees. Bright, fresh and complex at the same time.
Vinification Note:
The Château specialises in Petit Manseng, which is a local variety now gaining international recognition for its open bunches, thick skins, low yields and intense flavours if left to dry on the vine.
The soils are mainly gravel on clay. Plantings are halfway up the hillside with optimal south south west exposure. Vine density varies from 5,500 to 9,000 plants per hectare and training is single Guyot. Fertiliser is not used and the estate practises "lutte raisonée".
The Petit Manseng harvest for the dry wine usually takes place between 1st November and 20th November, and the grapes are slightly overripe. The dry wine is mainly a cuvée made with the estate's younger vines.
The winery has been built recently and combines the requirements of modern winemaking with aesthetics and the strictures of the French listed building authorities. The grapes are pressed and cold-settled in stainless steel, after which the must is racked into Tronçais oak barriques for fermentation. Twelve to fifteen months of ageing on the lees follow, endowing the wines with immense body and fruity complexity.