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Wine Details
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Another outstanding example from the Siani Vineyards in Dry Creek.
Old vine Carignane was formerly lost in the field blends of old vineyards. This wine exhibits smoked cherries on the nose. Big round fruit-lush and velvety on the palate showing red raspberry and ripe, red cherry with soft tannins and hints of cedar on the finish.
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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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