There is a sweet floral aroma along with hints of maraschino cherry and ripe raspberry. Flavors of honeysuckle and bright red fruit in abundance on the palate. This wine is light to medium body with a higher natural acidity that accentuates the bright fruit. 

Vineyard

Carignane is a red grape that originated in Carinena, Northern Spain before making its way up to Southern France and the rest of the world. Our old-vine Carignane comes from Trimble Vineyard, a family-owned, five-acre organic certified vineyard located 2 miles North of Hopland, planted primarily in 1942. The warm days and cool nights of Inland Mendocino County are ideal for growing Carignane. 

Harvest date: September 20, 2015

Aging: Aged for 16 months in neutral French oak

Appellation: Mendocino County 

Elevation: 720 ft

Fermentation: De-stemmed and crushed to a stainless steel tank and cold soaked for 5 days at 50F to extract color and desirable phenolic compounds. Fermented to dryness at 85F. Only free-run fraction transferred to barrel where it underwent native malo-lactic fermentation.