Winery l'EtoileSélect Vieux Banyuls
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Sélect Vieux Banyuls of Winery l'Etoile in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Sélect Vieux Banyuls
Pairings that work perfectly with Sélect Vieux Banyuls
Original food and wine pairings with Sélect Vieux Banyuls
The Sélect Vieux Banyuls of Winery l'Etoile matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades or 4 cheese tart.
Details and technical informations about Winery l'Etoile's Sélect Vieux Banyuls.
Discover the grape variety: Dunkelfelder
Intraspecific crossing between the madeleine angevine and the dyer of Cher obtained in 1928 by Gustav Adolf (1847/1912) of the Research Institute in Geinsenheim (Germany). We can meet it certainly in Germany but also in Belgium, in Switzerland, in England, in the United States, in Canada... almost unknown in France. It should not be confused with the dornfelder, also of German origin.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sélect Vieux Banyuls from Winery l'Etoile are 1989
Informations about the Winery l'Etoile
The Winery l'Etoile is one of of the world's greatest 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: Reassembly
During the vinification process, a "cap" is formed at the top of the vats with the solid parts (skin, pulp, pips, etc.), which contain tannins and colouring elements. Pumping over consists of emptying the vat from the bottom and pouring the juice back to the top, in order to mix the cap and the juice and to favour the exchange and the extraction. This old technique allows a better exchange between the solid parts and the liquid.
