Banyuls AOC

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Banyuls AOC is a renowned French appellation in southern Occitanie known for its sweet, fortified wines made primarily from Grenache grapes grown on steep Mediterranean coastal vineyards.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Banyuls AOC canonical 3
Banyuls Grand Cru 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée
French wine appellation
BanyulsGrandCruAgingRequirement minimum 30 months of aging
BanyulsGrandCruMinimumAlcohol at least 15 percent ABV
climate Mediterranean
colorStyles red
rosé (limited)
white (rare)
country France
fermentationStoppedBy addition of neutral grape spirit
grapeVarietyAllowed Carignan
Cinsaut
Grenache Blanc
surface form: Grenache blanc

Grenache
surface form: Grenache gris

Macabeu
Mourvèdre
Muscat varieties (limited)
Syrah
hasCenter Banyuls-sur-Mer
hasStyle oxidative aged
reductive aged
hasSubstyle Banyuls AOC self-linksurface differs
surface form: Banyuls Grand Cru
includesCommune Banyuls-sur-Mer
Cerbère
Collioure
Port-Vendres
locatedIn Occitanie
Pyrénées-Orientales department
surface form: Pyrénées-Orientales

Languedoc-Roussillon wine region
surface form: Roussillon wine region

Southern France
minimumGrenacheContent 50 percent for standard Banyuls
75 percent for Banyuls Grand Cru
near Mediterranean Sea
oxidativeAgingVessel glass demijohns outdoors
old oak barrels
primaryGrape Grenache noir
productionMethod mutage (fortification during fermentation)
regulatingBody INAO
soilType schist
typicalAlcoholRange 15–17 percent ABV
typicalAromas caramel
chocolate
coffee
dried fruits
nuts
typicalPairing blue cheeses
chocolate desserts
dried fruit desserts
typicalResidualSugar high residual sugar
vineyardTopography steep coastal terraces
windInfluence Tramontane wind
wineStyle vin doux naturel
wineType fortified wine
sweet wine
yearOfAOCRecognition 1936

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Occitanie hasWineRegion Banyuls AOC
Banyuls AOC hasSubstyle Banyuls AOC self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Banyuls Grand Cru
Collioure AOC overlapsWith Banyuls AOC
Banyuls-sur-Mer wineRegion Banyuls AOC