Domaine Manya PuigBanyuls Blanc
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Banyuls Blanc of Domaine Manya Puig in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of oak.
Food and wine pairings with Banyuls Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Banyuls Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Banyuls Blanc
The Banyuls Blanc of Domaine Manya Puig matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of light salmon steaks and, thai shrimp soup (tom yam goong) or roast chicken and potatoes.
Details and technical informations about Domaine Manya Puig's Banyuls Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot khorus
An interspecific cross between Merlot noir and Kozma 20-3 (also the same parents of Merlot Khantus) obtained in 2002 by Simone Diego Castellarin and Guido Cipriani at the Institute of Applied Genomics in Udine, Italy. Merlot khorus is particularly resistant to mildew and tolerant to powdery mildew. Known in Italy ... almost unknown in France, not registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Banyuls Blanc from Domaine Manya Puig are 2007, 2013
Informations about the Domaine Manya Puig
The Domaine Manya Puig is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 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: Grenache gris
A grey variety of Grenache grown in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Aude and the southern Rhône valley. Its powerful and round wines are used in the blending of dry white or rosé wines and natural sweet wines.
