Domaine de La Rectorie
France – 
Languedoc-Roussillon – 
Banyuls-sur-Mer – 
Banyuls-sur-Mer – 

THE COMPANY

Marc and Thierry ParcĂ© inherited the domaine from their family and in 1984, the year of the first bottling, the grapes came only from the vineyards of their grandmother, ThĂ©rèse ParcĂ©, who for almost half a century had dealt with the domaine after the untimely death of her husband Jean in 1913. Thirty hectares with different plots from zero to four hundred meters above sea level where the different exposure, the old vineyards, the low yield and especially the maintenance of the old vines maintain harmony and identity with the territory. The main grape variety is Grenache noir for the Banyuls and Syrah, Carignan and Mourvèdre for the Collioure. The white wines come only from Grenache Gris and Grenache Blanc. The old vineyards are “complantĂ©es” with Grenache noir and Gris and Carignan and are almost all fifty years old and from this solid base starts the work of the ParcĂ© family. The project of Thierry and Jean Emmanuel, who have been running the winery since 2010, is in fact aimed at an agriculture that respects traditions and the vineyard and in facts its wines are the best example of this courageous viticulture.

France - 

Languedoc

Roussillon

Roussillon is infinitely more than a suffix and differs enormously, both physically and culturally from the Languedoc. The lowland vineyards are among the driest and warmest in the country, in fact the low saplings bring both red and white grenache or rosé grapes to full maturity as early as August. These grapes are mainly used for Vins Doux Naturels (VDN). Banyuls is the finest French VDN and is grown with yields that sometimes average less than 20 hectoliters per hectare. The vineyards for the production of Banyuls are among the most southerly in France, on steep, wind-swept terraces of dark brown shale sloping down to the sea. Grapes vary considerably, but are mostly derived from old bush-grown black grenache vines, which ripen to the point that the grapes wither on the vine.

France - 

Languedoc

Roussillon

Roussillon is infinitely more than a suffix and differs enormously, both physically and culturally from the Languedoc. The lowland vineyards are among the driest and warmest in the country, in fact the low saplings bring both red and white grenache or rosé grapes to full maturity as early as August. These grapes are mainly used for Vins Doux Naturels (VDN). Banyuls is the finest French VDN and is grown with yields that sometimes average less than 20 hectoliters per hectare. The vineyards for the production of Banyuls are among the most southerly in France, on steep, wind-swept terraces of dark brown shale sloping down to the sea. Grapes vary considerably, but are mostly derived from old bush-grown black grenache vines, which ripen to the point that the grapes wither on the vine.