Umami notes. Chocolate. Soy reduction. Plenty of fruit left, 6 years on. Outshone both the 2009 Porter Creek Carignane and the 2011 Rimbert ("Le Chant de Marjolaine").
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Really an interesting wine, very very good, my first pure carignane. Enjoyed last night at the monthly Hickory Wine Club meeting as part of a flite of four CA "unusual grape" vatietal wines, definitely my WOTF. Almost black, very big and spicy wine, velvety soft, complex and layered. Spicy nose of dark cherry, white pepper and burnt sugar. Primary flavor profile inlcuded dark stone fruit, black pepper, granite and earth. Really recommend this wine, this was just delicious and at this price point this wine is really a great QPR.
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11/25/2013 - wormfarmer Likes this wine: 89 Points
Umami notes. Chocolate. Soy reduction. Plenty of fruit left, 6 years on. Outshone both the 2009 Porter Creek Carignane and the 2011 Rimbert ("Le Chant de Marjolaine").
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6/13/2011 - fmoehl@yahoo.com wrote: 85 Points
Medium body, blackberry boysenberry, acid a bit high, tasted with food
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8/11/2009 - ikkaariainen wrote: 92 Points
Really an interesting wine, very very good, my first pure carignane. Enjoyed last night at the monthly Hickory Wine Club meeting as part of a flite of four CA "unusual grape" vatietal wines, definitely my WOTF. Almost black, very big and spicy wine, velvety soft, complex and layered. Spicy nose of dark cherry, white pepper and burnt sugar. Primary flavor profile inlcuded dark stone fruit, black pepper, granite and earth. Really recommend this wine, this was just delicious and at this price point this wine is really a great QPR.
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