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Sans Wine Company – Carbonic Carignan “Coyote Rock”
Carignan from California, United States
The ‘Coyote Rock’ block on the Poor Ranch was planted in 1943 and is the oldest block of Carignan on their property. The whole clusters are put into a small stainless tank which is sealed for 25 days, where it goes through primary fermentation naturally and without any manipulation. Malolactic...
Organic
DB9155-17
Porter Creek Vineyards – Carignane "Old Vine", Mendocino
Carignan from California, United States
The fruit comes from an organic, dry-farmed, head-trained vineyard in Hopland that was planted in 1939. 100% destemmed and fermented with native yeasts for 2-3 days in old French oak barrels up to 8 years old. Aged 11 months in 50% 3800L wooden tank and 50% in small barrels (228L). About 800 cases...
Biodynamic
DB7739-17
Porter Creek Vineyards – Carignane "Old Vine", Mendocino
Carignan from California, United States
The fruit comes from an organic, dry-farmed, head-trained vineyard in Hopland that was planted in 1939. 100% destemmed and fermented with native yeasts for 2-3 days in old French oak barrels up to 8 years old. Aged 11 months in 50% 3800L wooden tank and 50% in small barrels (228L). About 800 cases...
Biodynamic
DB7739-15
Rivano, Angelo – Carignano del Sulcis "Intrigu"
Carignan from Sardinia, Italy
100% Carignano. Harvest was on Sept 23rd at yields of around 38 hectoliters/hectare.  The grapes were destemmed; spontaneous fermentation with a maceration of 12/14 days.  Aged is in stainless steel for approximately 6 months, followed by 3 months in bottle.  420 cases produced.

DB1067-17
Ampeleia – Carignano IGT Costa Toscana
Carignan from Tuscany, Italy
100% Carignan, this bottling is part of the "Monovarietali" project.  It comes from the 'Campo al Finocchio' vineyard, planted between 2002-2004 at 250m above sea level, with grey clays and galestro (friable clay/limestone marl).  The SW-facing vineyard is isolated, surrounded by trees. Harvest was...
Biodynamic
DB6282-18
Oupia, Château d' – Les Hérétiques IGP Pays d'Hérault
Carignan from Languedoc, France
90% Carignan/10% Syrah. The Carignan vines average 40 years in age, with some of them being up over 100 years old. The fruit is sustainably farmed and harvested partly by hand and partly by machine. Half of the Carignan is vinified traditionally--destemmed and fermented in used barrel and macerated...
Sustainable
DB8984-19
Oupia, Château d' – Minervois Rouge
Carignan from Languedoc, France
50% Carignan/30% Syrah/20% Grenache. The Carignan ranges in age from 50 to 100 years old, on hillsides in the AOC of Minervois; the Syrah is over 40 years old. The fruit is hand-harvested, mostly destemmed, and fermented with selected yeasts in vat. After a maceration of several weeks, it is aged...
Sustainable
DB8985-18
Calder Wine Co. – Old Vine Carignane Mendocino
Carignan from California, United States
The Carignane is created from two very unique vineyards within the Medicino County. First, the Rovera vineyard which is made up of sandy and quartz-flecked soils represents the terroir of the Eastern Redwood valley. Although this is the primary source of the grapes, vines have very small clusters...
Organic
DB9231-16
Frenchtown Farms – Red Blend "Cotillion" Lodi
Carignan from California, United States
Organically grown Mourvèdre, Grenache, and Syrah from David Girard Vineyard in Placerville, CA.Whole-Cluster, foot-stomped, and fermented in open top vessels with vigorous punchdowns twice or more a day.Pressed after 5 days of maceration and aged in neutral french oak barrels for 8 months.Bottled...
Organic
DB5165-18
Sans Wine Company – Rosé of Carignan “Poor Ranch”
Carignan from California, United States
A blend of 3 Carignan blocks (Billy’s, Coyote Rock, Mitchell Jacks) from the Poor Ranch in Hopland, Mendocino. The oldest block, “Coyote Rock,” was planted in 1943. The Poors are 5th generation farmers and this property has been in their family since the late 1800s. They have never irrigated their...
Organic
DB9151-18
De Moor – Vendangeur Masqué Carigali VDF Rouge
Carignan from Burgundy, France
Carignan/Aligoté.  Vendangeur Masqué or “masked harvester” is the label for De Moor wines made from sourced fruit.  Alice and Olivier make the wines in their home cellar in Courgis. The make-up of the rouge changes from year to year but tends to be a very pale, light style. In 2019, there is no...
Organic
DB0966-19
Garage Wine – Vigno
Carignan from Maule, Chile
Vigno is an “appellation” that MOVI members created several years ago to classify traditionally-made, naturally-farmed Carignan-based field blends. The fruit for this wine—primarily 70-year-old Carignan, with Garnacha and Mataró—comes from Truquilemu, a site in what most consider to be the “...
94 WA Organic
DB1810-15