Winery Coume del MasQuintessence Banyuls
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Quintessence Banyuls of the Winery Coume del Mas is in the top 10 of wines of Banyuls.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Quintessence Banyuls of Winery Coume del Mas in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Quintessence Banyuls
Pairings that work perfectly with Quintessence Banyuls
Original food and wine pairings with Quintessence Banyuls
The Quintessence Banyuls of Winery Coume del Mas matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails or titgazelle's herring and leek pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Coume del Mas's Quintessence Banyuls.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat à petits grains
Muscat à petits grains is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Quintessence Banyuls from Winery Coume del Mas are 2012, 2001
Informations about the Winery Coume del Mas
The Winery Coume del Mas is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Banyuls to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Banyuls
Banyuls wines come from the South-eastern Part of Roussillon, in the south of France, in the lower Pyrenees, a few kilometres from the Spanish border. These naturally Sweet wines are consumed both as an aperitif and as a dessert. They come in a wide range of hues, from GoldenGreen (Banyuls Blanc) to Amber (Banyuls Ambré) to the intense garnet of the standard Banyuls Rouge. Unusually among the natural sweet wines of France, all Banyuls wines are made primarily from Grenache grapes of various colors.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The word of the wine: Heady
Said of a wine rich in alcohol, powerful and expressive.
