Broc Cellars Carignane Carbonic

did not hold up well, past it's prime

Bright, fresh and fruity...like a Katy Perry record. It's pretty simple and would be a good wine fir people who don't like wine. Drink on the porch in summer, but only worth about $15

Quite an interesting wine. Carignan via Carbonic Maceration. It has really bright black fruit notes, no funk that you get with VV Carignan from the Languedoc, and brighter acidity. But at $25 retail, this is a wine for the wine geek.

Tasted with Chris Brockway at 58 Degrees, this was the surprise hit if the lineup. The nose just leaps with strawberries and juicy blue fruit character. The wine goes down smooth as silk, fruity, balanced, a bit tangy, just makes you want to gulp it down...I imagine this lightly chilled on the porch on a Summer evening. Chris explained that he used predominantly carbonic maceration to tame the tannins of the old-vine fruit and add lift and high notes to …

Poured into a decanter and drank over a couple of hours. The last glass was the best, but still a simple, smooth wine. Not worth $20.