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Terre Rare Carignano Del Sulcis Riserva 2012

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An aging hue with slight browning and bricking at the rim with really tantalizing bouquet of fresh cherries with mocha, aged meat, savory spices, and daffodils with a slightly "funky" bottle stink.

Palate-- Mature and on the palate with flavors of aged fruit, old wood, lip smacking tannins and a finish of more mature fruit.

A lot of people probably wouldn't like this but it is wonderful!  It is past peak but I say again, it is wonderful! It will be a great pairing with my grilled steaks.

The "carginan" grape--pronounced "Car-in-yon" is usually a blending grape but some vintners across the globe have been producing it as a varietal and with some success. I would say this is one of them!  Although from Italy it is a Spanish origin grape although the great Languedoc-Roussillon region of France also uses it with great skill.

I paid $12 for this 8 year old gem marked down from $25 and I am glad I found it so raise a glass!

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