Winery Abbe RousPyrène 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 Pyrène Banyuls of Winery Abbe Rous in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, chocolate or raisin and sometimes also flavors of fig, non oak or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Pyrène Banyuls
Pairings that work perfectly with Pyrène Banyuls
Original food and wine pairings with Pyrène Banyuls
The Pyrène Banyuls of Winery Abbe Rous matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington or chicken, zucchini and tomato pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Abbe Rous's Pyrène Banyuls.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Pyrène Banyuls from Winery Abbe Rous are 2011, 2008
Informations about the Winery Abbe Rous
The Winery Abbe Rous is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 50 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: Millerandage
Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.
