Banyuls is a French appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for a fortified apéritif or dessert wine made from old vines cultivated in terraces on the slopes of the Catalan Pyrenees in the Roussillon county of France, bordering, to the south, the Empordà wine region in Catalonia in Spain. It belongs to a category of vin doux naturel, a type of fortified wine in which fermentation is stopped by the addition of alcohol, preserving natural grape sugars. Reports have noted that demand for vin doux naturel wines has declined in recent years, contributing to lower production levels in Roussillon’s fortified-wine category which includes Banyuls.
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Banyuls is an appellation in Roussillon, France. We track 41 of its wines in stock at 24 shops, from 6 wine houses, from € 13.25; mostly fortified.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Roussillon
- In our wines
- Grenache, Carignan, Garnacha Blanca, Syrah, Cinsault
- Styles
- Fortified 39 · White 2
- Prices
- from € 13.25 · median € 30.10 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotwetso far +3.1 °C · 2,358 GDD · 181 % rain |
| 2025 | 4 | € 21.42 | € 32.79 | – | hot +1.7 °C · 2,369 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2024 | 5 | € 16.50 | € 36.79 | – | warm +0.9 °C · 2,202 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2023 | 4 | € 20.95 | € 28.08 | – | hot +1.9 °C · 2,418 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +2.3 °C · 2,507 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2021 | 1 | € 26.63 | € 39.95 | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 2,072 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.1 °C · 2,038 GDD · 160 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,119 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2018 | 1 | € 71.61 | € 71.61 | – | warmwet +0.9 °C · 2,202 GDD · 155 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.5 °C · 2,119 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 2016 | 1 | € 24.95 | € 24.95 | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,053 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.4 °C · 2,111 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 2,125 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 66.76 | € 66.76 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,953 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2012 | 1 | € 34.78 | € 34.78 | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,042 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 2,105 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,921 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2009 | 1 | € 21.90 | € 21.90 | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,122 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,958 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,964 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,154 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,031 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2004 | 1 | € 33.90 | € 33.90 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,945 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 2,251 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,861 GDD · 158 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 2,028 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,915 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,054 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,933 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,978 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,777 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,948 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,996 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,798 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,829 GDD · 168 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,883 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,062 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 2,015 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,933 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,953 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,952 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,977 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.7 °C · 1,652 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,989 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,883 GDD · 78 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Banyuls's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
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