Winery l'EtoileMarc de Banyuls
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Marc de Banyuls
Pairings that work perfectly with Marc de Banyuls
Original food and wine pairings with Marc de Banyuls
The Marc de Banyuls of Winery l'Etoile matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, harira algerian soup or stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery l'Etoile's Marc de Banyuls.
Discover the grape variety: Sauterne
Intraspecific crossing between Sémillon Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc carried out in 1892 by Numa Naugé. This variety has been multiplied very little and is now in the process of disappearing.
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: Vinification of sweet wines
Moelleux and liquoreux wines are characterized by the presence of residual sugars (natural sugar of the grape), not transformed into alcohol under the effect of yeasts. The fermentation is stopped by cold and by the addition of sulphur dioxide (sulphur).
