This is a remarkable wine. From 100+ year-old Carignane vines, on their original rootstock, planted in deep, sandy soil. It's fragrant, rich, balanced, and long. Dark deep ruby color. Very fragrant, with scents of ripe blackberry and plum, a sweet light earthy note, and smoky balsa wood. In the mouth, it's weighty and instantly mouth-filling. Loads of clingy, minerally, iodiney notes accenting very low-toned deep blackberry juice. Lots of soft tannin, and a very pure, deep berry-skin finish. I know I've said that Carignane is a grape that simply cannot achieve greatness, but I was wrong. This is by far the best Carignane I've ever had. A. I got this for $19 from WineAccess.com. I would love to be able to insert this bottle blind into a tasting of 2009 Chateauneufs, as it would certainly be at the top of the list, and at half the price of most of the better estates. Readers would be well-advised to sign up for email offerings from these guys because it's hard to find Three Vineyard wines anywhere else.
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