"The wood is still prominent, but that doesn't matter, the wine has a mass capable of digesting it. In the meantime, we enjoy the slightly licorice sweetness on notes of cinnamon, cardamom and black figs. Structured without being heady, the wine finishes on a perfect touch of mint." (Le Guide RVF 2025)
Features
Estate
Domaine de la Rectorie
Cuvée
Léon Parcé
Vintage
2022
Designation
Banyuls
Region
Roussillon
Grape varieties
90% Grenache, 10% Carignan
Terroirs
Plots with different exposures and altitudes (0 to 400 m)
Viticulture
Reasoned
Harvest
At optimum maturity
Winemaking
Selection of the oldest vines, 4-day fermentation followed by mutage on grapes, 3-week maceration.
Breeding
Over a year in barrel (no new wood)
Alcohol content
17.5%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Deep red colour
Nose
Strong chocolate and cocoa aromas
Mouth
Powerful, balanced with long persistence, just the right amount of sugar, notes of dates and figs, elegant, flavorful finish.
Serve
AT 12-14°C
Drink before
2033+
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with chocolate desserts, fruit tarts (figs), semi-cooked foie gras, goat's cheese...
Domaine de la Rectorie
Banyuls
Expert opinion
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté (guide 2023) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (guide 2025) 93/100
Domaine rated (guide 2023) 2*Stars (These great estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the wine:
The wood is still prominent, but that doesn't matter, the wine has a mass capable of digesting it, and while waiting we enjoy the slightly licorice sweetness on notes of cinnamon, cardamom and black figs, structured without being heady, the wine finishes on a perfect touch of mint.
About the domain :
Back on the family land since 1984, the Parcé brothers first made a name for themselves producing vintage-style mutés sur grains banyuls (vintage, ready-to-drink young), to which they brought a previously unknown precision of flavor and aromatic intensity. Jean-Emmanuel embodies the family's renewal, arriving in 2010. He has reduced the size of the vineyard to 34 hectares of this highly fragmented plot (50 parcels). Sun exposure and altitude vary. He has taken up the challenge of organic farming in this arid landscape, which lives to the rhythm of the sea. The dry reds and whites have become benchmarks, with frank, intense expression. We salute the exceptional consistency of the range, in all three colors, as well as in the VDN, and it's only logical that it should earn back its second star.
James Suckling
Rated domain (guide 2022) Recommended
Customer reviews
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