Clos Larrouyat Jurançon Sec Météore 2024

Kermit Lynch has described Maxime and Lucie Salharang’s wines as having more in common with Chablis than other whites of France’s southwest. I’ll tell you what: many in Chablis would give their eyes’ teeth for the electric acidity found in Clos Larrouyat’s 2024 wines! Météore is the domaine’s core wine, blending 60% Petit Manseng and 40% Gros Manseng, each vinified separately and aged six months in seasoned oak. Whole-bunch pressing and natural fermentation preserve both tension and texture, yielding a quivering, rapier-fresh dry white with aromas of stone fruit, quince, mint, and pollen weaving through the ripe citrus and saline-accented palate. A year for the acidity lovers, it’s a wine of brisk energy and quiet gravitas that Salharang swears is a perfect match with oysters from the Bassin d’Arcachon. Sydney Rock will work just as well!