Robert Parker: "Banyuls is an insider's wine. The production is tiny, and much of it is purchased and consumed at France's top restaurants. It is France's answer to vintage port and/or late harvest, medium sweet California Zinfandel. Made from Grenache, Dr. Parcé produces numerous cuvées, all of which offer staggering drinking." Domaine du Mas Blanc, run these days by the descendants of Dr. André Parcé, is generally considered to be the leading estate in the Banyuls region, a remote corner of Mediterranean France near the Spanish border, where Catalan is spoken as much as French.