Winecast: Carignan

This grape deserves more play as a varietal wine and hopefully this will help it get some.

[@TheUnknownWinecaster]

I hate it when I make mistakes (and especially when I don't catch them before publishing): In Catalonia it's "Carinyena" that's being phased out in favor of "Samsó" as a synonym and not the other way around. As Cariñena DO is trying to exercise greater control over its name, Samsó is gaining greater currency despite the potential for confusion with Cinsault.

[@WineScribble]

Don't be so harsh on yourself! This information is priceless! :-)

[@TheUnknownWinecaster]

@@WineScribble Thank you. I want my viewers, especially those who are using my casts to prepare professionally, to have the most accurate information possible; so, I'm always a bit miffed with myself when I make a mistake, but I'm very grateful to have a forgiving and supportive set of subscribers and viewers. Cheers!

[@puypui84]

@@TheUnknownWinecaster I am your fan from Thailand. Your channel helps me a lot when training people with grape varieties. I sometimes translated your information into Thai for my podcast as well. Thank you for your great supportive!

[@WineScribble]

This is incredibly valuable information. I love your videos. Accessible and thoroughly researched. Thank you for all your work!

[@eagle2742]

Argiolas from Sardinia is delightful !

[@ivanvinope]

great material thank you!

[@distlledbrewedreviewed]

interesting and informative as always my friend. Cheers!

[@felipemunoz1134]

You should really look into Carignan from Chile

[@aitornavarro6597]

I'm finding that a lot French wines (at least in the Mediterranean regions) are made with Spanish wine grape varietals

[@christianwattinger2321]

As Jancis says "Let some interesting old Carignan vines be treasured but let it not be planted." 😉

[@Jaybee553]

great video, keep them coming. Would love to see one on each AVA of Napa. Maybe start with Rutherford!

[@darsychane2588]

Thank you a lot for what you are doing!

[@TheUnknownWinecaster]

Thank you. I'm really glad that it's helpful. Cheers!

[@robertmoore73]

I've been drinking the Mendocino County carignan from Lioco and think it is pretty fantastic. 70 y/o vines at high elevations.

[@TheUnknownWinecaster]

Thanks for this. I'm always looking for more examples of California Carignan. Cheers!

[@martincrooks6625]

I found your your videos recently & have been steadily working through them, and I am most impressed with the structure & detail in them. I have one small query, apologies if it has been covered but I did a search and got no hits.Have you done a video on the wines of South West France. The area covers some really different local grape types ranging from the Negrette used in the Cotes Frontonais, then heading West to the St Mont appellation using I think the Tannat grape & perhaps North through Gascony, mostly Armagnac I believe, then on to Buzet & the dark wines of Cahors. When exploring this area I have found that there are some really different wines from here & would be interested to hear your thoughts on them. Thanks in advance

[@j.a.saumyaperera6798]

awesome!

[@TheUnknownWinecaster]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@WineOnTheDime]

I think it's interesting that Carignan is in decline. I wonder if it is because so many people are moving towards lighter wines instead of big, bold wine. Also, I had notifications enabled for your channel and KZbin took me off. You might want to mention this in your next video in-case others have had the same thing happen to them.

[@TheUnknownWinecaster]

Appreciate the heads up about notifications. As far as Carignan goes, I wanted to talk about its decline in acreage but wanted to keep the video simple. A lot of its decline has to do with it having been way over-planted, resulting in the legendary "wine lake" of Southern France -- because of subsidies to plant and produce wine, its share of world-wide acreage was always artificial and the "decline" represents it going back to more naturally sustainable levels. One of these days I'll do a cast on wine economics and this would be an interesting case study. Cheers!

[@pilsplease7561]

Its due to the fact that it makes shit wine when young, like really bad wine, it produces way too many grapes and overcrops if you let it and that has a very negative impact on the quality of the wine. Old vines in Lodi are treasured because once it hits 100 years old it produces some really big insanely velvety and rich wines, Old vines are the future of Carignan. California has a lot of really old vineyards that are magical. The largest portion in the world.