Dirty & Rowdy
Rosewood Vineyards Old Vines Carignane
California, USA
This wasn’t flawed, I just have no basis for reviewing a wine like this and giving it a numerical score.
This was my choice for my local group’s weekly tasting, where the theme was a blind “stump the chump”. I gave this a short 30-45min decant. I actually guessed this right, as it had a distinct natural vibe to it. Semi-lean, but lots of red berry fruit to it with cedar. Green too. Even after being open a while, lots of tannin, but good acidity (lots of cranberry). Fresh. Compared to a French carignan next to it, this seemed very “natural”, so I don’t know if I can give it much credit for being distinctly varietally correct since it seemed focused on highlighting how natural it was. Hard to guess the drinking window, but I’d say this is young and starting its peak window the next 3-5yrs. After that, anyone’s guess.
This wasn’t flawed, I just have no basis for reviewing a wine like this and giving it a numerical score.
This was my choice for my local group’s weekly tasting, where the theme was a blind “stump the chump”. I gave this a short 30-45min decant. I actually guessed this right, as it had a distinct natural vibe to it. Semi-lean, but lots of red berry fruit to it with cedar. Green too. Even after being open a while, lots of tannin, but good acidity (lots of cranberry). Fresh. Compared to a French carignan next to it, this seemed very “natural”, so I don’t know if I can give it much credit for being distinctly varietally correct since it seemed focused on highlighting how natural it was. Hard to guess the drinking window, but I’d say this is young and starting its peak window the next 3-5yrs. After that, anyone’s guess.
