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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.The AOC production area is limited to four communes of the Côte Vermeille: Banyuls (from which the AOC takes its name) Cerbère Collioure and Port-Vendres.Banyuls Grand Cru is an AOC for superior wines that would otherwise be classified as simply Banyuls.
