{"id":3384,"date":"2011-09-06T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2011-09-06T13:38:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T13:38:35","slug":"a-fascinating-languedoc-white-from-virgile-joly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/france\/a-fascinating-languedoc-white-from-virgile-joly","title":{"rendered":"A fascinating Languedoc white from Virgile Joly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMGP0910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3391\" title=\"IMGP0910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMGP0910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMGP0910.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMGP0910-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMGP0910-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMGP0910-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Had a really fabulous white from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.domainevirgilejoly.com\" target=\"_blank\">Domaine Virgile Joly<\/a> today, one of many interesting wines being imported into the UK by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dudleydefleury.com\/\">Dudley and de Fleury<\/a>. It&#8217;s one of those wines that I love, but which I can understand might not be to everyone&#8217;s taste. It seems quite oxidative on the nose, but it is so fresh and long in the mouth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Domaine Virgile Joly Virgile Blanc 2005 Vin de Pays de l&#8217;Herault, France<br \/>\n<\/strong>14% alcohol. Grenache Blanc, fermented and matured in 500 litre French oak barrels. Yellow colour. Lovely oxidative nutty nose is complex and broad, with notes of honey and nuts as well as a hint of sherry. The palate is savoury, fresh, complex and shows a bit of matchstick reduction (yes, this is a wine showing signs of both oxidation and reduction), with a long, tangy, lively finish. Just brilliant. 94\/100<\/p>\n<p>(Pictured above with the Virgile Blanc is the delicious Joly Rouge 2008 &#8211; bright, a bit rustic, cherrish and just brilliantly drinkable.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had a really fabulous white from Domaine Virgile Joly today, one of many interesting wines being imported into the UK by Dudley and de Fleury. It&#8217;s one of those wines&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,79],"tags":[376,57,384],"class_list":["post-3384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france","category-languedoc","tag-france","tag-grenache-blanc","tag-languedoc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3393,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384\/revisions\/3393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}