Domaine de la Rectorie - Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls

Domaine de la RectorieCuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls of Domaine de la Rectorie is a natural sweet wine from the region of Banyuls of Languedoc-Roussillon.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls of the Domaine de la Rectorie is in the top 30 of wines of Banyuls.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, caramel

On the nose the Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls of Domaine de la Rectorie in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of chocolate, raisin or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, dried fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls

Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls

Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls

The Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls of Domaine de la Rectorie matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef luc lake or old-fashioned aligot.

Details and technical informations about Domaine de la Rectorie's Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls.

Winemaker
Thierry & Jean-Emmanuel Parcé
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
16.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Centennial seedless

Cross between gold and Q25-6 (F2 emperor x Pirovano 75 or sultana moscata) obtained in the United States in 1966 by Professor Harold P. Olmo of the University of Davis (California). At the end of 2005, Centennial seedless was registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties, list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls - 2009
In the top 30 of of Banyuls wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls - 2008
In the top 30 of of Banyuls wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls - 2006
In the top 30 of of Banyuls wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Cuvée Pierre Rapidel Banyuls from Domaine de la Rectorie are 2006, 2009, 2008

Informations about the Domaine de la Rectorie

The winery offers 33 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Banyuls in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Domaine de la Rectorie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Banyuls to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 30000 of of France wines
In the top 40 of of Banyuls wines
In the top 2000 of natural sweet wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Dry extract

Non-liquid constituents of wine.

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