Clos Lapeyre Jurancon La Magendia 2021 (375ml) CS20230713 and a touch of black

and a touch of black pepper spice

which is precisely the appeal

This is an essential experience for anyone serious about understanding Champagne at its highest level

stony soils in a warm pocket shielded from the Mistral wind—low yields yielding concentrated character

Clos Lapeyre Jurancon La Magendia 2021 (375ml) CS20230713 and a touch of blackLa 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