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Red
2016 J. Brix Carignan Rougarou McCormick Ranch Vineyard
Carignan
- USA
- California
- South Coast
- San Diego County
Label borrowed from 2017
Label borrowed from 2015
Label borrowed from 2014
Label borrowed from 2019
Community Tasting Notes 2
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jkscully wrote:
February 13, 2023 - This seemed like a natural wine that got out of control. The color was cranberry and slightly brown and it had a cloudy look to it. Very juicy and super tart, like orange juice. Reminds me of some sort of fruity sour beer. I’m not sure what they were going for here. If this wasn’t a bad bottle (which it might have been), I’ll use this opportunity to criticize natural wine: people say that natural wine shows of terroir, but at what expense? I bought this bottle because I wanted to try new world Carignan, but this bottle had no varietal characterisitcs whatsoever, except maybe a touch of spice on the finish. Whatever varietal flavors this wine might have had were covered up by the tart, yeasty, juicy flavors of the wine. I’m not sure that giving free reign to wild yeasts is always the best thing. Yes, I get the “terroir” of the wild yeast, but I don’t get the “terroir” that comes from the grape variety, land, etc. Admittedly, this was a pretty good match with my pomegranate/lime marinated chicken wings and olive and caper stuffed peppers (I do appreciate acid forward red wines with food) and it was more interesting than the pedestrian Beauojolais that I had alongside with it, but still, this wasn’t what I was hoping to find in this bottle.
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MC2 Wines wrote:
March 2, 2018 - Charleston Food & Wine Festival; 3/1/2018-3/3/2018 (Charleston, SC (various locations)): There's a candied quality to this wine which surprised me a bit. Very easy drinker. The kindof wine that you want to drink now versus give too much time for despite being very young. Very nice young couple who makes the wine.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer J. Brix
- Varietal Carignan
- Designation Rougarou
- Vineyard McCormick Ranch Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion South Coast
- Appellation San Diego County
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 3 (30%)
- Consumed 7 (70%)
Food Pairing
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