Minervois Maxime 2022

Borie de Maurel

Minervois Maxime
2022

  • Organic

$44.00

* Retail price including taxes and service fees if applicable

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Service fees
$ 6.75
Product code
15062571
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Private import
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$37.00
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Languedoc-Roussillon
Appellation
Minervois
Classification
Not applicable
Varietal(s)
Mourvèdre 100 %
Alcohol percentage
14%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

If Borie de Maurel has today become a large estate - 35 hectares of vines in operation, as much in scrubland and maquis - everything has remained as on the first day. In Félines, Mondovino, international capital, the stock market... you don't know: here, everything happens within the family. The Borie de Maurel vines cling, in the rock, to the slopes of the Montagne Noire. This terroir has had a name for ages: Petit Causse. At Borie de Maurel, obviously, all wine-growing activities are manual,...

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Product notes

Circus of fine, sandy clays nestled in the scrubland, facing southwest and placed on a thick bed of crushed sandstone rocks. The Maxime vintage is the youngest son of Michel Escande (the owner)

Production notes

Traditional vinification: destemming, long vatting of 20 to 45 days. Aging in vats.

Tasting notes

Great wine to age, dark and concentrated, whose toasted, spicy notes, aromas of fig and leather give rise to silky tannins before an endless finish, fleshy, voluptuous and peppery. Pairings with Lamb and duck with olives