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AOC/AOP Banyuls Grand Cru

Appellation area

The area merges with the appellation of Banyuls.

Grapes

The conditions of production are stricter, wines have a proportion more important of Grenache (75%) and the ageing is longer (30 months minimum in barrels)

Vinification

These wines are issued from best cuvées, with an important concentration due to a long maceration with an addition of alcohol. A barrel or a tun ageing will ripe nits complexity and structure.

Key figures

• 167 ha

Yields

• The yield is limited at 30 hl/ha.
• Average yield: 20.86 hl/ha

Average production

• 3495 hl