Region: Faugères, Languedoc-Roussillon - France
Grapes: Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre
Color: Deep purple
Scents: A well balanced bouquet of ripe black fruits and spiciness
Palate: A balanced, ripe, soft and lovely wine, with abundant fruit (black cherry, blueberry and cassis bouquet), spiciness (white pepper and garrigue herbs and plants), mineral typicity, complex structure and rich tannins
Food Pairing: Grilled red meats, game, mushroom risotto.
The goddess Cébenna gave her nam3e to Les Cévennes, the mountains that form the southern part of the Massif Central, and her silhouette to the Caroux peak (1,020 metres) close to the vineyard. Les Bancèls is a local term designating the schist terraces where many of the Domaine de Cébène vines grow.