Other

Dry Farming Carignan

Santa Carolina

Chile

Fact sheet

Type
Other
Grape
Carignan
Country
Chile
Appellation
Cauquenes Valley
Body
full
Acidity
medium
Tannin
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

red meats · stews · aged cheeses

Rated vintages

  • 201088 pts

    This is a ripe wine with prune, raisin, coconut and cedar-sawdust aromas. Dense in the mouth, with giant tannins, this dry-farmed bear features sun-baked, slightly stewed flavors of berry fruits along with minty oak. A hard-driving finish is woody and tannic. Drink through 2018.

  • 200989 pts

    The nose is jammy and candied smelling, but it finds its stride and delivers aromas of licorice, leather and concentrated berry after airing. Crisp and fresh in the mouth, this has clacky tannins leading to lightly herbal flavors of tomato, thyme and wild berry. It shows some wa…