The wine region of Banyuls Grand Cru is located in the region of Banyuls of Languedoc-Roussillon of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Terres des Templiers or the Domaine Terres des Templiers produce mainly wines natural sweet and red. On the nose of Banyuls Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of oak, coffee or raisin and sometimes also flavors of apricot, red fruit or vegetal. We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Banyuls Grand Cru, producing 31 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.
The wines of Banyuls Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or spicy food.
The Roussillon is home to a range of wine styles, at varying price points. Sweet fortified wines (vin doux naturel) used to dominate production, with still dry wines (vin sec) in the minority. In the last 30 years, however, this has completely changed, and vin sec now makes up the majority (80%) of the Roussillon’s output. The recent Wines of Roussillon tasting, held in London, not only highlighted many good quality dry wines being produced, but also cemented the idea that Roussillon whites are ...
The US still comes top on the list of which countries drink the most wine overall, according to to preliminary figures released this week by the International Organisation of Vine & Wine (OIV). Wine consumption in the US crept up by 0.7% in 2021, to 33.1 million hectolitres (3.31 billion litres), the OIV said in a report on the state of the industry. World wine consumption grew by the same margin, to hit 236 million hectolitres (mhl), or 23.6bn litres, although trends varied by nation. That ...
Bordeaux 2021 en primeur releases really picked up speed this week, and the launch of Ausone, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Canon, Montrose, Léoville Poyferré, Beychevelle and La Gaffelière in recent days – to name just a few – has given prospective buyers plenty to look at. Let’s not forget the debut for Lafite Rothschild 2021, too. Ausone, Canon and Pichon Comtesse 2021 Ausone is St-Emilion wine royalty, of course, and UK merchant Bordeaux Index quoted a release price of £6,000 (12x7 ...
