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 monkfish tagine or salted cake with bacon, comté and onion.
Details and technical informations about Winery l'Etoile's Sélect Vieux Banyuls.
Discover the grape variety: Noir Fleurien
Noir Fleurien noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Auvergne). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. The Noir Fleurien noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
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: Carbonic maceration
Fermentation of whole grapes in a carbon dioxide-saturated atmosphere. This type of fermentation produces very aromatic and flattering wines.
