Minervois Belle de Nuit 2022

Borie de Maurel

Minervois Belle de Nuit
2022

  • Organic

$53.00

* Retail price including taxes and service fees if applicable

5 case(s) available

Service fees
$ 9.00
Product code
15559456
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Private import
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$44.00
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Languedoc-Roussillon
Appellation
Minervois
Classification
Not applicable
Varietal(s)
Grenache 100 %
Alcohol percentage
14.5%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

The Borie de Maurel estate is located in the heart of the Livinière terroir (Félines-Minervois), the first Villages appellation of Minervois and Languedoc. Since the late 1980s, Michel Escande has established himself as one of the best winemakers in Minervois, thanks in particular to the admirably mellow and silky tannins of his reds. In 1989, he embarked on this adventure with his wife, despite having no prior background in winemaking. Since then, he has produced an uninterrupted succession...

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Product notes

History of the Cuvée: This fiery, beautiful night character owes it to the alliance of the bubbling grenache - which makes up 100% of it - and the freshness of an altitude terroir clinging to the slopes of the black mountain, a terroir tortured by erosion, juggling between flint, calcareous marls and siliceous clays.

Production notes

As is customary, the harvest is done by hand, the maceration is long, while the aging - 18 months - is carried out in vats and bottles so as not to mask, with wood, the finesse of this wine for connoisseurs.

Tasting notes

If Latinity were a wine, it would undoubtedly be Belle de Nuit. A sensual, generous, carnal vintage that seems to offer itself up at first glance, at first sniff… Yet, with this wine, be patient: beneath its blood-red robe lie all the tender secrets of Andalusian nights, a feria of spicy aromas, sweetness and intensity intimately intertwined. Yes, be patient, and in 5 or 10 years, you will see a dreamlike gypsy dancing under the Sevillian moon. Pairs well with saucy dishes and a good paella.