This is a bottle of wine I bought in Lourdes last May. This difficult to pronounce (and remember) appelation is actually the white counterpart of Madiran, all in the countryside around Lourdes in the Pyrenees foothills. My encounter with this appellation (after having read about it) was actually in Keio Department Store in Shinjuku, Tokyo (? late 2003). It was a half bottle from Chateau d'Aydie. I bought that and at some point or another consumed it at home.
I was completely surprised to find that it was one of the local wines on sale in the shops in Lourdes. As for this wine, I used it in a wine dinner the Society of Emergency Medicine asked me to organize last year. Golden yellow with a fragrant fruity nose, the palate was sweet with vegetal notes and acid, the latter extending into the finish. Someone then opened a bottle of old Noble One, which the Pacherenc cannot challenge. But it was a nice dessert wine nevertheless for people wanting something a little off the beaten track.
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