ProducerJurançon
Domaine Bellegarde
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Family-run since 1920, Jurançon specialists in native Manseng varieties
A traditional Jurançon estate crafting powerful sweet wines from late-harvested Petit Manseng, showing extraordinary concentration, exotic fruit, and great aging potential.
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Who Is This For?
For wine lovers who want food-friendly, terroir-driven Jurançon whites — from bone-dry to richly sweet — from a family that has worked these Pyrenean foothill vines for four generations.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What grape varieties does Domaine Bellegarde grow?
- The estate farms 12 hectares planted entirely to indigenous white varieties native to the Jurançon appellation: Petit Manseng (9 ha), Gros Manseng (2 ha), and the rare Camaralet (1 ha).
- Who runs Domaine Bellegarde today?
- Pascal Labasse, the fourth generation of the Labasse family since founder Gratien Labasse established the estate in 1920, has managed the domaine since 1985. He trained in oenology at Château La Tour Blanche in Sauternes before returning to Monein.
- Is Domaine Bellegarde organic?
- The estate moved from conventional to reasoned (lutte raisonnée) farming in 1993 and began converting its vineyards to organic viticulture in 2008.
- What styles of wine does Domaine Bellegarde produce?
- The domaine produces eight cuvées split evenly between dry (Jurançon Sec) and sweet (Jurançon) styles, the latter made using passerillage — late-season sun and wind drying the Petit Manseng grapes on the vine to concentrate sugars naturally.
- What is distinctive about the estate's winemaking philosophy?
- Pascal Labasse vinifies and bottles every cuvée himself, aiming to preserve pure fruit expression while building the structure and richness that define traditional Jurançon wines.