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The wines of Domaine Ugo
The story of Domaine Ugo
Since 2008, Françoise Casaubieilh and Pierre Coulomb have run Domaine Ugo, in the Jurançon appellation at the foot of the Pyrenees. The vineyard looks out over the mountains, on slopes where the Béarn climate lets the grapes ripen slowly while keeping their acidity. The two emblematic grapes of Jurançon, petit manseng and gros manseng, are at the heart of the estate. Françoise and Pierre work them patiently and with as little intervention as possible, to obtain naturally balanced wines that are both fruity and complex. Natural South-West wines full of character, showing another side of Jurançon, far from the image of sweet wine alone, and fully at home on the dinner table.
The cuvées of Domaine Ugo
Effronté, vin à fort caractère, lives up to its name. This petit manseng was originally meant to become a sweet wine, but it had a mind of its own and kept on fermenting. The result is a tender wine, perfectly balanced by manseng's natural acidity, with no heaviness at all. A complex and singular food wine, which also shows the fine ageing potential of Jurançon whites. It is wonderful with foie gras, chicken in a creamy sauce or blue cheese, and will impress anyone who thinks they know everything about the South-West.