Winery Virgile JolyCarthagéne
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Carthagéne of Winery Virgile Joly in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Carthagéne
Pairings that work perfectly with Carthagéne
Original food and wine pairings with Carthagéne
The Carthagéne of Winery Virgile Joly matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of romazava (madagascar), pasta with mussels or veal escalope with marsala.
Details and technical informations about Winery Virgile Joly's Carthagéne.
Discover the grape variety: Marsanne
Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Carthagéne from Winery Virgile Joly are 2012, 2013
Informations about the Winery Virgile Joly
The Winery Virgile Joly is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Languedoc-Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The word of the wine: Traditional method
Also known as the Champagne method, this is the elaboration of sparkling wines according to the second fermentation method in the bottle.
