Product Review
(30% each of garnacha and carinena, 20% cabernet sauvignon and 10% each of syrah and merlot): Bright purple. Candied cherry and blackberry aromas are complemented by notes of licorice, graphite and violet; smells a bit like a northern Rhone wine. Penetrating dark berry flavors start off sweet and broad but tighten up in the mid-palate, picking up bitter cherry and black pepper qualities. Finishes gently tannic, with very good breadth and cling. This packs a heady 15.75% alcohol.
Old-vine Carignan grapes, fully ripened on infertile soils in a warm summer, produce by far the best Carignan wine. The key here is that yields have been restricted and there is enough ripe fruit character to mask the naturally high tannins and acidity.
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Red wine is wine made from dark-coloured grape varieties. The color of red differs based on the grapes variety or varieties used.Interestingly, black grapes yield a juice that is greenish-white. The actual red color comes from anthocyan pigments (also called anthocyanins) from the skin of the grape (exceptions are the relatively uncommon teinturier varieties, which produce a red colored juice). Most of the production centers around the extraction of color and flavor from the grape skin.
