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Carignane (cah-ree-n'yahn)

Regions and Vineyards

Placerville, Rough and Ready, Lodi, Acampo, Murphys, Lockeford, Plymouth, Fair Play

Wineries

Boeger Winery, Coufos Cellars, Grands Amis, Hidden Jewel Winery, Lodi Wine & Visitor Center, Milliaire Winery, Mokelumne Oaks Vintners, Nine Gables Vineyard And Winery, Oakstone Winery, Sobon Estate, Van Ruiten Family Winery ...more

Flavor

Delicately flavored, carignane more often is used as a blender or for a rose or blush wine rather than as a straight-forward red table wine on its own.

Body

Dark color and firm structure make it look as if it will deliver more flavor and punch than it generally does.

At the table, pour it with...

As a rose or blush wine, carignane makes a lightly fruity and occasionally herbal and spicy picnic wine best chilled and stashed in the picnic basket.

Curiosities

While kingly cabernet sauvignon and queeny chardonnay are the grapes most closely identified with France, carignane actually is the country's most extensively planted variety.

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