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Wine Details
Price:
$28.00 per bottle
Description:
Dry, focused, medium body red with creamy oak and hints of vanilla. The carignane grape (known in Italy as Carignano) is one of the best kept secrets of wine blending due to its deep berry and fruit flavors, ruby color, and smooth, long finish. This is Gene’s favorite everyday wine. Never overpowering, it pleasantly compliments any meal. This is the traditional wine made by Gene’s grandfather, Nono Eugenio.
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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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