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M. Chapoutier Banyuls Rimage
AOP Banyuls, Rhône
Tasting Notes
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.
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.
Technical Info
17.0% Alcohol by Volume
Vineyard Notes
Terraced vineyards on old mica-schist from the Primary era.
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.
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 in oak casks for 16 months.
Technical Info
Grapes: 100% Grenache
Alcohol by Volume: 17%
Vineyard Notes
Slopes are located on very old schistysoils from the Primary Era. They are shallow and very poor.
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