Garage Wine Co VIGNO Carignan 2016
Chile
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DESCRIPTION
An exemplary old-vine, dry-farmed Carignan from the Secano area of the Maule valley in Chile.
The lowdown:
VIGNO stands for the Vignadores de Carignan and is an association of Chilean wine producers growing old-vine, dry-farmed Carignan in this part of Chile. This superb example is from one of our favourite producers, The Garage Wine Co, and has been aged for at least two years and comes from vines over 30 years old, as per VIGNO rules. It has a rounded mouthfeel and a subtle minerality and earthiness coupled with a real backbone of balanced acidity. There is a richness to the wild fruit flavours complimented by savoury, rustic touches, and finished with a long length.
When to drink:
This has got the body and complexity to go well with things like feathered game and vension in rich creamy sauces.
Suitable for Vegans, Organic
PRODUCER
Garage Wine Company
Canadian ex-ski coach, Derek Mossman Knapp, is the enfant terrible of the Chilean wine scene. His Garage Wine Co. is the polar opposite to the big, established companies that dominate the Chilean market. Everything is done by hand; from ploughing the old vines to painting the labels.
Garage began, quite literally, in a garage in 2001. After a few informal vintages for family and friends, Chile's El Mercurio newspaper referenced 'that garage wine company' in an article about the growing grass roots movement of small wine producers. The name stuck.
Garage makes a series of small lots of eight to 17 barrels each. Working with small growers in the region, each wine Garage produces comes from a different parcel belonging to one farmer. No two farm's grapes are mixed - despite the small quantities they produce.
DETAILS
| Categories | Wine / Red Wine / Structured, Complex Reds |
| Country | Chile |
| Grape Variety | Carignan |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Volume | 75cl |
| ABV | 13.5% |
| Organic/Biodynamic | Practising Organic |
| Vegan/Vegetarian | Vegan |
| SKU | GA1Y16RN |
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