Winery Virgile Joly - Carthagéne

Winery Virgile JolyCarthagéne

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Carthagéne of Winery Virgile Joly is a sweet wine from the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.
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.

Details and technical informations about Winery Virgile Joly's Carthagéne.

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Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Voltis

Wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified), resulting from an interspecific cross, obtained in 2002, between Villaris and Mtp 3159-2-12 (for the latter, one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.). Little multiplied, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

Carthagéne - 2013
In the top 100 of of Languedoc-Roussillon wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Carthagéne - 2012
In the top 100 of of Languedoc-Roussillon wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Carthagéne from Winery Virgile Joly are 2012, 2013

Informations about the Winery Virgile Joly

The winery offers 28 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Languedoc-Roussillon

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.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 80000 of of France wines
In the top 4000 of of Languedoc-Roussillon wines
In the top 8500 of sweet wines
In the top 350000 wines of the world

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.

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vergisson

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The word of the wine: Retrieved from

Wine that has lost its aromatic potential after prolonged aeration.

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