{"title":"White wines","description":"\u003cp\u003eUp on the heights, the mountain loves white. The high soils, mineral and demanding, give straight, fragrant wines: La Belle Aude, a full, generous white made for pleasure, and Gypse, a taut Chardonnay born more than three hundred metres up.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"la-belle-aude-aop-minervois-blanc","title":"La Belle Aude 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eA white made for pleasure, full yet balanced — the kind you open as readily for drinks with friends as for a smarter dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTasting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom its golden-yellow colour rise scents of toast, blond tobacco, pineapple and white peach. The palate, rich and full, carried by just enough acidity, gathers these aromas and extends them with hints of gingerbread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTerroir \u0026amp; grapes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade from 90% Marsanne and 10% Vermentino, this white Minervois ripens on a singular terroir, at the foot of an ancient glacier, on limestone and marl torn from the mountain by the ice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWinemaking\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes, on the edge of over-ripeness, are picked in the cool morning hours and pressed straight away. The must is cold-settled and fermented at controlled temperature. Ageing continues naturally on fine lees, in tank, for three months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e AOP Minervois\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour:\u003c\/strong\u003e white\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrapes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marsanne 90%, Vermentino 10%\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAgeing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 months on fine lees, in tank\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCertification:\u003c\/strong\u003e organic farming (Bureau Veritas, FR-BIO-10)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e grapes, antioxidant (\u003cstrong\u003esulphites\u003c\/strong\u003e). May be bottled under a protective atmosphere.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAlso worth discovering\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe estate's other white, born of altitude: \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/gypse-chardonnay-white-wine\"\u003eGypse\u003c\/a\u003e. See all \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/white-wines\"\u003ewhite wines\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Borie de Maurel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57445003559256,"sku":"BDM-AUDE-75","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0981\/7489\/4424\/files\/Belleaudecopie.webp?v=1780585761"},{"product_id":"gypse","title":"Gypse 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe mountain loves white. Here, on clear days, more than 300 metres up on the foothills of the Montagne Noire, you can make out at daybreak the snow-capped Pyrenees, like an endless sculpture in alabaster. From up there it becomes obvious: the mountain loves white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eGrape \u0026amp; terroir\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn these high soils, too exuberantly mineral — graphite, flint — to sit with the quiet tannins of a red, only a white grape belongs. It is the intelligence and finesse of Chardonnay, able to lift a terroir of strong personality, that let the mountain give birth to Gypse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vin de France\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour:\u003c\/strong\u003e white\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrape:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100% Chardonnay\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCertification:\u003c\/strong\u003e organic farming (Bureau Veritas, FR-BIO-10)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e grapes, antioxidant (\u003cstrong\u003esulphites\u003c\/strong\u003e). May be bottled under a protective atmosphere.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAlso worth discovering\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other face of white at the estate: \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/la-belle-aude-minervois-white-wine\"\u003eLa Belle Aude\u003c\/a\u003e. See all \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/white-wines\"\u003ewhite wines\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Borie de Maurel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57450147938648,"sku":"BDM-GYPSE-75","price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0981\/7489\/4424\/files\/Gypse.webp?v=1780644517"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0981\/7489\/4424\/collections\/categorie_vin_blanc.webp?v=1792600665","url":"https:\/\/boriedemaurel.fr\/en\/collections\/white-wines.oembed","provider":"Borie de Maurel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}