Winery l'EtoileDoux Paillé Hors d’Age Banyuls Traditionnel
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, mature and hard cheese or spicy food.
Food and wine pairings with Doux Paillé Hors d’Age Banyuls Traditionnel
Pairings that work perfectly with Doux Paillé Hors d’Age Banyuls Traditionnel
Original food and wine pairings with Doux Paillé Hors d’Age Banyuls Traditionnel
The Doux Paillé Hors d’Age Banyuls Traditionnel of Winery l'Etoile matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, shrimp in coconut milk curry or savoyard crozet gratin.
Details and technical informations about Winery l'Etoile's Doux Paillé Hors d’Age Banyuls Traditionnel.
Discover the grape variety: Argant
An ancient grape variety cultivated in Franche-Comté that has now almost disappeared. It was also found in Germany, Austria, Spain, etc. Genetic analyses show it to be related to Caesar. It should not be confused with bruneau noir, which has the synonym argant.
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: Balance
Harmony of the different organoleptic elements of a wine. The balance is linked to the typicity of each wine. The sweetness of a sweet wine is an element of its balance, whereas a Sancerre or a Chablis will be asked to be lively and dry.
