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In defence of Carignan
Trevor Stirling, London: With regards to Carignan , I agree that over-cropped Carignan is the sourge of the Midi. However, there are some wonderful (emerging) examples of Carignan-based wines that combine fruit, power and balanced tannins. Sylvain Fadat of Domaine d'Aupilhac is one of the pioneers and I have also had some very tasty examples from Domaine Rabiega, under the rather inelegant name of Caribase. However, these wines do need 4-5 years in bottle to let the tannins soften. me: Thanks for that. I was intrigued to hear Sylvain Fadat say that he thought Carignan was basically better blended than as a varietal at the...
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