Terre Rare Carignano Del Sulcis Riserva 2012

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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Beaulieu Vineyards Chardonnay (Carneros) 2016

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