Virgile Joly Syrah 2021
This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
Decanter World Wine Awards 2023
This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
Decanter World Wine Awards 2023
About the wine
Your Languedoc legend's first-ever 100% pure, fruit-packed Syrah
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Having wowed Angels for over 10 years with super-classy French reds that slip down a treat, when Languedoc legend Virgile told us about his dream to make a full-on, 100% pure Syrah, we could barely contain our excitement.
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Virgile’s from the Rhone - the traditional homeland of French Syrah - so he’s always been passionate about the grape, and he knew the Languedoc had all the ingredients he needed to create a first-class example. The stony soils and blazing hot sunshine made for perfectly ripe, juicy fruit. And in the winery, Virgile let the grapes do the talking, using natural winemaking practices with the greatest respect for the environment. He rounded it all out with a delicate lick of spicy oak to create a truly mouthwatering red wine.
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“It’s a middle bodied wine, very fruity: blackcurrant and raspberry flavours with aromas of white pepper, spices as garrigue which are thyme, rosemary, laurel, juniper etc. In the mouth it is slightly toasted with some light chocolate flavours. And as with all my wines: very drinkable.”
Best before
Drink now to 2025
Serving advice
Open/Decant 30 mins before serving
Food match
This goes great with red meat and spicy dishes, such as chilli con carne, veal saute with olives, or vegetarian dishes with tomato sauce.
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
France
Languedoc-Roussillon
Syrah | Shiraz
Smooth Red
13.5% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Virgile Joly
- Virgile Joly is almost annoyingly perfect. He's ultra organic, with the certificates to prove it. Dashingly good looking, with a beautiful wife (who fell in love with him after one harvest). Stupidly talented with wine, he has glowing reviews from the doyenne of wine writing, Jancis Robinson.
- Plus he's not afraid of hard work. He bottled his first vintage himself. 3,000 bottles, Virgile and a funnel. Now that's dedication!
- 10 years later, he's producing some of the Languedoc's most sought after wines and we're using Angel funding to help him expand his winery and go on to even greater things. Plus his surname brings a smile to our face every time we see it - what's not to like!
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