Winery l'EtoileBanyuls Blanc
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
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 Winery l'Etoile matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of tuna sandwich, shrimp with garlic and orange or pad thai.
Details and technical informations about Winery l'Etoile's Banyuls Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Madeleine-Sylvaner
Of unknown origin, it is nevertheless a very old vitis vinifera cultivated and used as both a table grape and a wine grape. It is somewhat similar to the Madeleine angevine and is not related to the Sylvaner. It can be found in the United States, England, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Banyuls Blanc from Winery l'Etoile are 2017, 2014
Informations about the Winery l'Etoile
The Winery l'Etoile is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 47 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: Blanc de noirs (champagne)
Champagne made from black grapes (pinot noir and/or meunier) only.
