Domaine de la RectorieCuvée Léon Parcé Banyuls
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, mature and hard cheese or spicy food.
The Cuvée Léon Parcé Banyuls of the Domaine de la Rectorie is in the top 10 of wines of Banyuls.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Léon Parcé Banyuls of Domaine de la Rectorie in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Léon Parcé Banyuls
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Léon Parcé Banyuls
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Léon Parcé Banyuls
The Cuvée Léon Parcé Banyuls of Domaine de la Rectorie matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of greek moussaka, fried chicken or polenta with cheese.
Details and technical informations about Domaine de la Rectorie's Cuvée Léon Parcé Banyuls.
Discover the grape variety: Lignan blanc
It originates from northern Italy (Piedmont) where it is very often grown on trellises in front of houses. In France, this variety was introduced in 1850.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Léon Parcé Banyuls from Domaine de la Rectorie are 2016, 2006, 2013, 2012 and 2011.
Informations about the Domaine de la Rectorie
The Domaine de la Rectorie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 29 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: Reims Mountain
Between Épernay and Reims, a large limestone massif with varied soils and exposure where pinot noir reigns supreme. Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay, Verzy, etc., are equivalent to the Burgundian Gevrey-Chambertin and Vosne-Romanée. There are also great Chardonnays, which are rarer (Mailly, Marmery, Trépail, Villers).
