Katie Jones Les Galères Old Vine Corbières 2023
About the wine
For the growers, Katie's Les Galères was an absolute nightmare!
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As Katie’s biggest fans will know, there’s a magic ingredient at the heart of her winemaking philosophy that makes her wines so great… old vines. So when it came to making her prize wine for winning Naked’s Winemaker of the Year in 2023, it was no surprise that she identified some of the oldest vineyards in Corbieres to be the star of the show.
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In French slang, Les Galères means nightmares, or some kind of punishment or hard labour. It’s because the old bush vines can be so difficult to work for the growers. They’re so low and twisty that everyone ends up with backache and bruised knees. Many of these old vines get dug up. But the step up in quality they produce is off the scale. Which is why Katie is such a huge fan of them. And you will be too once you get a taste of this wine…
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The nose of Katie’s Les Galères is just amazing, an explosion of ripe fruit, cherries, pomegranates, molasses, sweet violets. The palate is equally delicious, with the ripest, juicy red fruit you can imagine. It’s so deep in colour. The smooth tannins and good acidity give a great structure, setting it up nicely for food. Think grilled pork chops, barbecued sausages, anything fatty.
Best before
Drink now to 2030
Serving advice
Serve at 16-18°C. Open/Decant 1 hour before serving
Food match
The smooth tannins and good acidity give this wine great structure, setting it up perfectly for food. Think grilled pork chops or barbecued sausages, anything fatty.
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
France
Languedoc
Carignan Blend
Big Red
14.5% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Katie Jones
- Katie’s love of wine led her all the way from Leicestershire to the Languedoc where she bought an idyllic vineyard perched half-way up a hill in Tuchan. In 2013 she experienced every winemaker’s worst nightmare when vandals emptied her entire year’s vintage down the drain.
- She turned to us. And 2,500 Angels helped to get her back on her feet - clubbing together to raise over £200k in just 48 hours. Our Queen of the Languedoc was able to start again and has gone on to make some seriously delicious wines, with sparkly awards a plenty.
- Thanks to her beloved Angels, Katie has been able to nab more hilltop vineyards, expand her range and even move her winemaking operation into an old railway station to fit in more barrels. It’s a long way from the 600 cases of wine she made in her garage in 2009!
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