A rosé liqueur wine, fortified with eau de vie

Grape varieties : chasselas, servant, cinsault and syrah

Serve between 8 and 12°C

Cellaring : 2 to 20 years after harvest

Carthagène is a brilliantly-coloured rosé wine, with aromas of pomegranate, orange zest and rose jam. Both spicy and smooth, this wine is traditionally drunk as an aperitif or with dessert.

Accompaniments : Goes very well with fresh-fruit desserts, pannacotta or ice-cream with glace fruits.

This wine has a colour of rose petals with glints of pomegranate enhanced by a superb brilliance and perfect clarity.

The ‘nose’ is very intense with hints of grapefruit zest, bitter oranges and rose petals.  The taste is round developing fine fruity flavours, keeping a generous freshness for the finish.  It is long and persistent, finally ending with bergamot and cooked sugar.

This vin de liqueur has a unique style

A rosé liqueur wine fortified with eau de vie

Grape varieties : chasselas, servant, cinsault and syrah

Serve between 8 and 12°C

Cellaring : 1 to 10 years after harvest

Commentary written in January 2004 by sommelier Fabrice LANGLOIS

This rose coloured wine with orangey highlights is brilliant and perfectly limpid. The aroma is intense of bitter orange, spices and rose petal. The attack is soft, becoming round and fruity and ending with an impressive and harmonious freshness. It is well-balanced and light in the mouth. The final is long and persistant, with notes of bergamot and coffee.

This liqueur wine is unique and very representative of Virgile’s style.

Food : Goes well with orange-based dishes, ganaches, gingerbread and teabread. It is perfect with a chocolate Marquise, or Early Grey flavoured custard.