2019 Reichwage Winery Carignane Mancini Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 91 points

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  5/31/2023 - HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:

  Second day notes: medium purple in color, aromas of salted black plum, blackberry, black cherry, pepper, some floral herbish lavender. In the mouth, the wine is full bodied, high acid, high tannin, there is a good bit of extraction, but not overbearing. Alcohol is well hidden. A good drink for BBQ and sauced meats or hold for a Thanksgiving or two from now. Really diggin' Reichwage 5/6 for WBD '22

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  5/24/2023 - John Dunlap Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Wine from one of the historic vineyards located, literally, at Piner and Olivet, and also from a wonderful vintage. Vineyard dates back to the 1920s. Nice color and nose. A rich, medium+ bodied wine, with good acidity. A fun wine.

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  4/23/2023 - agrit Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nice wine. Brought to a restaurant dinner and regretted that we couldn’t decant or let sit overnight. Has upside potential.

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  2/2/2023 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 91 Points

  PnP. Nose shows black plum, dates, black olive, and notes of charred oak. Punchy bright red cherry and plum palate with a white pepper streak, some floral notes, and a light herbaceousness that flows into the finish of medium minus tannins, violets, and and earth-clay note with some piercing acidity in the middle. Shows nice varietal character.
  
  I too picked this up at BD13 as part of a 2017-2019 vertical.

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  1/26/2022 - MillerRoad Likes this wine:

  Wine BerserkerDay 13 Newbie #BD13
  
  Color – Lighter in color than the 2018, and more reddish.
  
  Aroma – More aromatic than the 2018. Lots of fruit on the nose.
  
  Body – A little more acidic, and little more grip. Paired better with the lamb dish as it has a cinnamon aspect to it.
  
  Flavor – Not quite as flavorful as the 2018. Darker fruits, and tarter fruits, a little syrupy fruit. Also came across as more spicy and peppery (which fought the Mexican food on the second night – interesting in the way these two paired with food).
  
  2nd & 3rd Nights – Again, this wine probably should have been decanted. More raspberry, more bramble fruit on the later nights. Still some tart fruit as well, such as cranberry. The nose also showed more fruit, with a sweeter aspect. This wine paired better with the lamb the first night, but not as well with the Mexican food the second night, I think because of their spice profiles.
  
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  The Carignanes
  These two wines were our favorites. Good food wines (if you keep the spice profiles in mind), but also fun to drink on their own. Later in the evening after we ate and were just tasting final pours, they were a delight to sip. I don’t drink a lot of Carignane, though I do enjoy the occasional wine from the Priorat, so I struggle to compare these to other producers. That said, drinking these with limited expectations, I really enjoyed the Carignanes. Max said the Carignanes are 100% whole cluster.

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