Harvested from the low-yielding 120 year old vines, grown in the Evangelho vineyard in Contra Costa County. This wine was slowly fermented after a period of cold soaking and pressed to a combination of French, Hungarian and American oak barrels for 17 months. The resulting wine is a classic varietal bottling from this outstanding old vine vineyard. This wine is big and beautiful with elegant plump berry on the palate and a beautiful finish. It's great now, but consider laying down a case of this wine, as I expect it to improve with another year or two in the bottle. Read the whole story...

Brien McNally of Tam O’Shanter (July 9th, 2011 wine and food paring)

Nose:  Very jammy with blackberries, blueberries and currants.

Palate:   Warmly envelopes the senses with concentrated blackberry jam.  Fruit forward, big and luscious, yet elegant and well-balanced, the finish is long with silky tannins.  Carignane is a big, angular, very tannic varietal and this expression is a testament to superior winemaking and perfectly tended old vine grapes.  A truly unique wine.