GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Cave de l’Abbé Rous
Region: Banyuls, Roussillon, France
Appellation: AOC Banyuls
Type: Vin Doux Naturel rouge
Vintage: 2020
Date of Tasting: December 2022
Type of viticulture: Conventional
Grapes used: 100% Grenache Noir
Blend: not communicated
Winemaking details: schist soils
Aging: not communicated
Sugar level: not communicated
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby
- Intensity = Deep
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium+
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Cherry, Black Cherry, Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla
PALATE
- Sweetness = Medium Sweet
- Acidity = Medium
- Tannins = Medium (ripe)
- Alcohol = Low
- Body = Medium+
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Cherry, Black Cherry, Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla,
- Other =
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 5-7 years
- Suitable for aging
- Retail Price = 11 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = Excellent!
- Comparison with same price competition = great deal
- Suitability for Diabetics = not suitable
- Service Temperature = around 8°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = Bleu des causses (French Cheese), Blueberry tart, Poire belle-hélène, chocolate desserts, chocolate
- Comments = it is a very great value for money. It is well representative of what a Banuyls Rimage should be. At around 11 euros, it is a given!
- Final Grade = B+
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
