Domaine du DuyBanyuls
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Banyuls of the Domaine du Duy is in the top 20 of wines of Banyuls.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Banyuls of Domaine du Duy in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of chocolate, raisin or prune and sometimes also flavors of fig, non oak or oak.
Food and wine pairings with Banyuls
Pairings that work perfectly with Banyuls
Original food and wine pairings with Banyuls
The Banyuls of Domaine du Duy matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of monkfish with vegetable tagliatelle or franco-comtois beef.
Details and technical informations about Domaine du Duy's Banyuls.
Discover the grape variety: Sémillon
Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Banyuls from Domaine du Duy are 1976, 1978, 1979
Informations about the Domaine du Duy
The Domaine du Duy is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 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: Mercaptan
Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.
