Clos Lapeyre Jurancon La Magendia 2021 (375ml) SPDESSERT "Le Passage" is Syrah from

"Le Passage" is Syrah from steep granite slopes around Malleval

This seminar offers a window into a wine region few have encountered and even fewer understand

which offers austere

From the producer: Michelini i Mufatto are situated at the foot of the Andes in one of the highest elevations of the Uco Valley where the soil contains some of the richest components of calcium carbonate and granite in all of SouthAmerica

The grapes come from silt-rich clay soil with excellent exposure to the South-East to guarantee perfectly mature grapes for a powerhouse of a wine but also balanced

Clos Lapeyre Jurancon La Magendia 2021 (375ml) SPDESSERT "Le Passage" is Syrah fromLa Magendia means "the best" in the local Barnais dialect, and the name fits. This is Clos Lapeyre's flagship sweet Juranon, 100% Petit Manseng, made from grapes that hang on the vine into late autumn (sometimes into December) until they shrivel and concentrate naturally on the vine. No noble rot, no chaptalization just sun, time, and patient picking. The Larrieu family ferments and ages in barrel, and the wine that emerges is honeyed and exotic on