Domaine Lajibe, Mansengs, 2024 REVIEW and the immensely talented (and

and the immensely talented (and sought after) Storm Wines

In 2018 Sugrue did a risky green harvest but there is no doubt it has paid off and allowed the vines to put all their energy into produce the quality of fruit needed to make a wine of this calibre

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and a textured finish from those skins

Domaine Lajibe, Mansengs, 2024 REVIEW and the immensely talented (andThis is an aromatic wine telling stories of sweetness but betraying no such thing on the palate. The wine is juicy, with tension, energy and length. On the palate, grapefruit juice and zest, white peach and sour pineapple, while the nose is shouting about fresh fennel, wild herbs, and white flowers. The finish is long and mouthwatering, with lemon pith texture. A heady, riotous nose kept in check by careful structure in the wine.