Winery Virgile JolyPlan de Dieu
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Plan de Dieu of Winery Virgile Joly in the region of Rhone Valley often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Plan de Dieu
Pairings that work perfectly with Plan de Dieu
Original food and wine pairings with Plan de Dieu
The Plan de Dieu of Winery Virgile Joly matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of hungarian goulash, berber giblet frying pan or papillotes of swordfish with curry.
Details and technical informations about Winery Virgile Joly's Plan de Dieu.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Plan de Dieu from Winery Virgile Joly are 2013, 2015, 2016, 2012 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Virgile Joly
The Winery Virgile Joly is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu'
The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' is located in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Calendal or the Domaine Les Aphillanthes produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' are Mourvèdre, Marsanne and Roussanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' often reveals types of flavors of cream, star anise or almonds and sometimes also flavors of fig, dark fruit or cedar.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
France's 2nd-largest AOC vineyard, two complementary worlds. Northern: pure Syrah in signature reds (Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, Cornas), deep and peppery with blackberry, violet, black olive and smoked bacon notes, exceptional ageing. Opulent Viognier whites (Condrieu, apricot, flowers) and ample Marsanne-Roussanne. Southern: sun-soaked Grenache blends at Châteauneuf, Gigondas, Vacqueyras (candied fruit, garrigue).
The word of the wine: Sarment
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