M. Chapoutier Banyuls Rimage

AOP Banyuls, Rhône

2019
2012

Depending on age, the wine goes from garnet red to mahogany. The nose displays a powerful shift between black fruit and red berries, giving it a lovely freshness, subtly complemented by notes of cocoa. The palate is sumptuous balance between solar strength of the wine and the fineness of its tannins. It has a great persistency with sweetness which develops greedily.

Tasting Notes

Food Pairings

Chocolate desserts and blue-veined cheeses.

Winemaking Notes

The crop is hand-harvested when grapes are very ripe. The grapes are destemmed and crushed. The maceration is long with an addition of alcohol, or fortified to favor the extraction of aromas and tannins. The wine is aged for 8 months in vat in a reducing environment. After bottling, and before its release for sale, the wine undergoes another 3 months’ ageing.

Vineyard Notes

Terraced vineyards on old mica-schist from the Primary era.

Technical Info

17.0% Alcohol by Volume

Tasting Notes

Spread out over steep, narrow terraces, the Banyuls appellation overhangs the Mediterranean Sea. More than two thousand years old, the vineyards are still hand-worked, and are rooted in stony schist soils. M. Chapoutier Banyuls is a "vin doux naturel," fortified wine that is exceptional and age-worthy. It is naturally sweet, shows full fruit and wonderful character and is universally perfect with fruit and/or chocolate desserts.