Banyuls "Cuvée Thérese Reig" Dom. de la Rectorie
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Banyuls "Cuvée Thérese Reig" Dom. de la Rectorie - 2020

Item # 35760 500mL

A young Banyuls with dense plum and blackberry flavors. Dark aromoas reminsicent of chocolate followed by a tannic structure and rich, unctuous sweetness and a spirity finish. Pair with roasted nuts and gorgonzola.
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Color
Red
Vintage
2020
Country
France
Region
Languedoc-Roussillon
Sub-Region
Banyuls
Producer
Dom. de la Rectorie
Grape Variety
Grenache
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Staff Pick Notes

A taste of French Catalonia! Banyuls is a French AOC for fortified apéritif or dessert wine made from old vines cultivated on terraced slopes of the Catalan Pyrenees in the Roussillon county of France, bordering the Empordà wine region in Catalonia in Spain. Made from old-vine Grenache with a lick of Carignan and fortified by mutage to 16.5 percent, this wine is wonderfully fruity, with cassis and blueberry in the ascendant. And I have more goods news for you: This wine begs for chocolate. Ideally soft, fudgy chocolate truffles. Banyuls provides a rich, silky backdrop and highlights the fruity notes in the chocolate without ever becoming cloying. To improve upon this pairing further, add a fluffy cow's milk blue cheese. For a power chord effect, pile the cheese on top of the truffle and follow quickly with wine.

- GWN

Glossary

Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

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