Doug Powers

9.3

[Half bottle] This lovely 17-year-old Banyuls has finally knitted together into a very fine example of Dr. Parce Banyuls (old vine Grenache made in the same way as Port), earlier bottles were terribly disjointed and lacking balance and sweetness). Served with Viennese Sacher Torte my wife made for dessert!

Our first Dr. Parce was the 1967 “Vielles Vignes” which was fantastic and is still my reference point. We had that in 1987 at Pierre Gagnaire’s restaurant in St. Etienne, before he moved on to Paris, his staff was kind enough to comp us a bottle — blind — while my brother and I embarrassed ourselves trying to identify the wine!! That bottle was tried with Pierre’s famous “chocolate soup” dessert, the recipe for which was in Patricia Wells’ “Food and Wine Lovers of France” book from the mid-1980s — memorable combination!!! — a month ago

with Jim

Kenji Cal

9.1

Splendid. A rediscovery of Banyuls style wine. Silky with depth and character. To drink right away. Great moment. — a year ago

Ben Christen

9.4

Grapefruit grenache. Unique and special — 3 years ago

with Kaeley and Steve

Sue Daniel

10

Dessert wine. Gorgonzola dulce, poppycock, — a month ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby with aromas of dried fruits and sweet notes. On the palate flavors of dried apricot and blackberry, well balanced with lively acidity, full-bodied, good structured. Long finish, smooth tannins ending with cacao and rich sweet fruit tones. Very nice! — 5 months ago

Nate Maloney

10

1979. Exceptional with chocolate. — 2 years ago

Martinez

9.0

Blend of 50% Grenache, 50% Carignan from 85-year-old, co-planted vines at approximately 900 ft in Banyuls. Aged for 6 months in used oak. Very fragrant and fruit-forward. Beautiful aromas of red fruit, strawberry jam and floral notes. Ripe, juicy, super drinkable — 4 years ago

Martijn

9.0

One of the best old Banyuls I ever drank. Dried berries and a nice brandy kick at the end. — 3 months ago

with Eric and Willem

Phil Kessling

9.0

My favorite pair with chocolate dessert. Not super sweet but has RS. Tastes like chocolate covered cherries. Beautiful transparent ruby in color. — 9 months ago

Toby Aldenhoven

9.0

A languedoc medium sweet wine. Great with cheese after dinner and the locals make an excellent sangria with it which goes down well on the beach — 2 years ago