Chateau Carignan

Prima Premières Côtes de Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend

9.015 ratings
8.73 pro ratings
Côtes De Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Red Bordeaux Blend
Chili & Hot Spicy, Potato, White Rice, Mushrooms, Pasta, Pork, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Lamb, Tomato-Based, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Beef, Hard Cheese, Venison
Top Notes For
Ken Z
9.1

Drank 7/8/19. Happy 3rd to My daughter!! Very nice with a T-bone. (She enjoyed pizza!)

Plums, earth, and graphite on the classic right bank nose. Flavors of plum, BlackBerry, and soggy earth mix with well integrated medium tannins. Medium + finish dominated by black fruit, tar, and earth. Drinking nicely now, but should hold for 3-5 years.

3/21/8/4/4+ 50 =90 pts

Drank 7/8/19. Happy 3rd to My daughter!! Very nice with a T-bone. (She enjoyed pizza!)

Plums, earth, and graphite on the classic right bank nose. Flavors of plum, BlackBerry, and soggy earth mix with well integrated medium tannins. Medium + finish dominated by black fruit, tar, and earth. Drinking nicely now, but should hold for 3-5 years.

3/21/8/4/4+ 50 =90 pts

Jul 9th, 2019
Michael Daily

A good quality wine. Medium bodied. Nice nose and tastes good.

A good quality wine. Medium bodied. Nice nose and tastes good.

1 person found it helpfulAug 25th, 2015
J Gwen Berry

Wine Writer Palm Beach Post

8.2

100% merlot - espresso and mineral on the nose with black plum skin, black cherry, cassis. Full, ripe, well-balanced on palate. Tricked up both of my fellow somm-wanna-bes at our biweekly blind tasting. #sommstudy

100% merlot - espresso and mineral on the nose with black plum skin, black cherry, cassis. Full, ripe, well-balanced on palate. Tricked up both of my fellow somm-wanna-bes at our biweekly blind tasting. #sommstudy

Nov 7th, 2013
LMB
8.8

Bouquet opens nicely. Very smooth.

Bouquet opens nicely. Very smooth.

May 11th, 2019
Kari Pierce Ashley

Given for our 2015 birthdays from Sabine and Maarten with the 2005. Opened 1/2/2016 at kalaloch -did quasi vertical tasting. Nose: berry, smoke, nut, strawberry-rhubarb pie, vanilla. Taste: SPICY, dark cherry, wood smoke, pine. Very full but not a heavy finish. May be the smokey-est wine we have ever tasted. (Would be excellent with steak!)

Given for our 2015 birthdays from Sabine and Maarten with the 2005. Opened 1/2/2016 at kalaloch -did quasi vertical tasting. Nose: berry, smoke, nut, strawberry-rhubarb pie, vanilla. Taste: SPICY, dark cherry, wood smoke, pine. Very full but not a heavy finish. May be the smokey-est wine we have ever tasted. (Would be excellent with steak!)

Jan 3rd, 2016
Duff Scudder

Very smooth and full flavor.

Very smooth and full flavor.

Apr 20th, 2013
Cyrus Hazzard

Concierge Wine Sales Total Wine & More

8.8

Cyrus had this 11 years ago

Cyrus had this 11 years ago

Feb 15th, 2014
Keith Denninger

Keith had this 6 years ago

Keith had this 6 years ago

Jun 24th, 2018
June Low

June had this 8 years ago

June had this 8 years ago

Aug 14th, 2016
James Westcott

James had this 9 years ago

James had this 9 years ago

Nov 15th, 2015