The white wine varieties of Manseng were a favorite of the French poet Colette who called the wine séduction du vert galant and was quoted "I was a girl when I met this prince; aroused, imperious, treacherous, as all great seducers are."
The white wine varieties of Manseng were a favorite of the French poet Colette, who referred to them as "seduction du vert galant" and famously remarked, "I was a girl when I met this prince; aroused, imperious, treacherous, as all great seducers are."