Carignan
Grape of Spanish origin, specifically from the Aragon region.
Carignan is part of vine appellations Côtes du Rhône, Languedoc, Corbières, Minervois, Côtes du Roussillon, Côtes de Provence, Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence, Les Baux de Provence,…
With big yields, carignan gives a low alcoholic wine without characters affirmed, often acid. When it comes from hillsides and produces little, it gives a well-colored wine, robust, powerful, generous, slightly astringent with a bit of bitterness and calling in all cases to age. If you are lucky enough to find a wine 100% carignan, you will take care to open the bottle an hour or two before serving, preferably at a temperature of 15 °, in order that it can release all its aromatic qualities.
Aromas of banana aromas, herbaceous notes and mineral.