Domaine Camin Larredya - Iranja 2020
Domaine Camin Larredya is located in Chapelle de Rousse, in the Jurançon wine region. It has belonged to Jean-Marc Grussaute since 1988 and was elected “Winemaker of the Year 2023”. The Camin Larredya vineyard covers 9.5 hectares, of which 4 hectares are cultivated on terraces. The vines are grown using certified organic farming , and each vintage comes from a specific plot. The estate also buys conventional grapes from Christian Pédéflous and Philippe Vigneau and Sylvie and David Lacazette.
Iranja is a maceration wine made from raisined Petit Manseng , without botrytis. The vines are 50 years old and are planted on a clay-siliceous terroir on subsoils of weathered pudding. After manual harvesting, the whole bunches are put into direct pressing. Fermentation takes place with native yeasts with a 6-month skin maceration in demi-muids . The wine is aged for 24 months on lees in 225 liter barrels . It contains 20 g/L of residual sugars.
Grape variety: 100% Petit Manseng