Petit Manseng (France)

Petit Manseng is a white grape from the Sud-Ouest regions of Jurançon and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh.

It can be vinified both dry and sweet. This card is about Sweet Petit Manseng.

Serving Temperature

8-10°C (46-50°F)

Petit Manseng Flavors

Apricot

Mango

Pineapple

Floral

Marmelade

Honey

Lemon

Coconut

Caramel

Dried Fruit

Nuts

Vanilla

Typical sweet Petit Manseng flavors: Dried Fruit. Apricot. Mango. Pineapple. Passion Fruit. Flowers. Honey. Citrus Marmelade. Nuts. Almond.

Food Pairing Sweet Petit Manseng

Fruit Cake

Fruit

Chocolate

Cakes

Pavlova (Meringue). Chocolate. Custards. Tarts. Cheese Cakes.

About Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng makes both dry and sweet white wines. Because of a loosely cluster and a small size, it can survive in late autumns and make off-dry wines and dessert wines. The grape is often left on the vine till December to produce a late harvest dessert wine.

The dessert wine is typically 200 gram sugar/liter.

Late harvest Petit Manseng, drying to near raisins

Petit Manseng is documented as the wine used to baptize the French king Henry IV, founder of the Bourbon dynasty, in 1554.

The House of Bourbon was the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre (in Basque) in the 16th century. By the 18th century, the Spanish Bourbon dynasty held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily and Parma.