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Wine Details
Price:
$16.95 per bottle
Description:
100% Carignan grapes with flavors of plum, raspberry fruits that linger on the palate. Deep plum color, hints of smoke and oak. Fruity with a spicy finish. Medium bodied.
Carignan is a late budding grape that needs a warm climate to ripen, such as we have here in Gilroy. Most vines in California are old and ours are over 70 years old. In Italy it is called Carignano and can be found on the island of Sardinia and in the region of Lazio on the west coast of the boot.
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Varietal Definition
Carignane:
Carignane is one of the world’s most prolific wine varieties. Thriving in warm climates, Carignane was until the late 1970s, the most widely-planted red variety in California. Hailing from Aragon, Spain, this grape is capable of deeply-colored, extracted and tannic wines of considerable alcohol. It is a late-budder and does not ripen until late in the season. Highly prone to mildew disease, it requires long, dry growing conditions. It is often used as a blending component with other, more anemic, hot-climate varieties, like Grenache and Cinsault, which typically lack the deep pigment and extract which Carignane brings to the blend.
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