I often think of Carignan as the punk rock varietal: unruly & prolific when young, but when old vine Carignan is carefully tended (and these farmers mispronounce it as Kerrigan, hence the funny name) it gains incomparable depths but is still unruly, sauvage, and profound (think Lou Reed...) — 10 years ago
Easy and very drinkable — 10 years ago
I said it tastes like blood & violets. Maybe it's the unruly Carignan tag teaming w Cinsault on GSM old vines, but the old Occitan defiance to keep secrets is so evident here. Minotaur wine... — 10 years ago
Chris DeBarr
In my obsessive quest for Carignan, this pretty seaside Rosé brings the suggestion of unruly funk along w raspberries, quince, and pale tannins clinging upon the limestone soil of this little inexpensive gem. — 9 years ago