Clos Larrouyat’s “Météore” Jurançon Sec 2024 is a dry white wine from the foothills of the Pyrenees in southwest France
While it’s already showing beautifully with a decant
the wine is lifted by notes of baking spice
The harmony is the point—a wine that tastes of place and tradition
No oak and minimal intervention highlight the grape’s natural acidity and orchard fruit character
Luciano Sandrone, Barolo Cannubi Boschis, 1997 SO051226 Trousselle Clos Larrouyat’s “Météore” Jurançon SecThe wine that made Sandrone famous, now drinking from a riper, more generous vintage. Cannubi Boschis (later renamed Aleste) is the single cru Luciano picked out to bottle on its own every year from 1985, a choice that helped popularize the modern Barolo cru. The 1997 was a warm, opulent year across Piedmont, so this leans plusher and more open than the structured 1996 alongside it. It's a mature bottle from a private collection, well into its