Alexander Valley Carignan

Light chalk and bright fruit. Good acidity. Tasty and classy

130-year-old vines and 100% carbonic make for an absolutely delicious wine. Massive concentration and intensity, but only 12.8%!! Perfectly ripe plums and black cherry, florals, and rich turned soil. Fresh juicy acid and some VA keep things quite high-toned and sprightly. More please!

100% carbonic maceration: tons of banana and cotton candy. Juicy strawberry, raspberry, and plum. Licorice mid palate. A touch of clove and rosemary. Well structured and balanced. 85% Carignan, 10% Alicante Bouchet, 3% Zinfandel, and 2%

Juicy but with good acid. Lots of dark fruit up front. Really tasty

VA

Deep purple red in color. Menthol, diacetyl, red fruit (strawberry, cherry, rhubarb) and meaty notes in nose. Syrupy mouthfeel, slightly off dry, nice bitterness, complex flavor notes overall with fruit, mushroom, wood, licorice. With time, chewy tannins emerge, plus tactile spritz-like sensation on tip of tongue. Liked this wine a lot, though it did not stand up to ribeye steak or heirloom tomato and fresh pasta as well as expected.

dark fruits, licorice, vanilla, light oak treatment, cedar box, some violets, good acid, finish acid driven but slightly short

Funky candied cherries. Exactly what I need after a hellish day.

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Lindy had this 10 years ago