The Winery Le Dominicain of Banyuls of Languedoc-Roussillon

Winery Le Dominicain
The winery offers 28 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 32 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Banyuls in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Winery Le Dominicain is one of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in of Banyuls to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Le Dominicain wines

Looking for the best Winery Le Dominicain wines in Banyuls among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Le Dominicain wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Le Dominicain wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Le Dominicain

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Le Dominicain

How Winery Le Dominicain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, blue cheese or aperitif such as recipes of ham and comté quiche, rabbit with roquefort cheese or rice and cheese ball.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Le Dominicain

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Le Dominicain. often reveals types of flavors of oak, dried fruit.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Le Dominicain

  • 2010With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Le Dominicain.

  • Grenache
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Grenache Gris
  • Carignan

Discovering 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.

Muscat grapes (the mainstay of southern French sweet wines) are allowed, but only in very small proportions. Dark-skinned Grenache Noir is by far the dominant and preferred variety in Banyuls - it must make up at least 50% of the blend for red Banyuls (75% for Grand Cru wines). Pink-skinned Grenache Gris comes next, followed by Grenache Blanc and a host of other southern French varieties, including Mourvèdre, Carignan, Macabeu and Tourbat. As a sweet red wine made from Grenache, Banyuls is comparable to Maury, from the northern Roussillon, and Rasteau, from the southern Rhone Valley.

The top red wines of Winery Le Dominicain

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Le Dominicain

How Winery Le Dominicain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of shepherd's pie (potatoes, beef, carrots, bacon), pasta stuffed with meat or veal tagine with carrots.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Le Dominicain

On the nose the red wine of Winery Le Dominicain. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Le Dominicain. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Le Dominicain

  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Le Dominicain.

  • Grenache
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Carignan

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

The top sweet wines of Winery Le Dominicain

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Le Dominicain

How Winery Le Dominicain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, pan-fried salmon papillote or soy and shrimp noodles.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Le Dominicain.

  • Grenache Blanc
  • Grenache
  • Carignan
  • Grenache Gris

The word of the wine: Tertiary aromas

Aromas resulting from the aging of the wine in the bottle. The aromas evolve with time, from fresh fruitiness to notes of stewed, candied or dried fruit, to aromas of venison or undergrowth.

The top white wines of Winery Le Dominicain

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Le Dominicain

How Winery Le Dominicain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of light lasagne without béchamel sauce, quiche without pastry or chicken massala.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Le Dominicain

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Le Dominicain. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Le Dominicain

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Le Dominicain.

  • Grenache Blanc
  • Grenache Gris

Discover the grape variety: Grenache Gris

The top pink wines of Winery Le Dominicain

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Le Dominicain

How Winery Le Dominicain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of multicoloured butterfly pasta, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or preparation of the olives (black olives in brine).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Le Dominicain

In the mouth the pink wine of Winery Le Dominicain. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Le Dominicain

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Le Dominicain.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Bouchy

See cabernet franc.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Le Dominicain

Planning a wine route in the of Banyuls? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Le Dominicain.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache Blanc