Carignan

**Carignan** is a red grape of Spanish origin, traced to Aragón, where it is known as Cariñena. Long grown for volume, old-vine plantings are now prized for concentration and character. **In the glass** — deeply coloured, with tart red and black berry fruit, dried herbs and a rustic, earthy edge. It is marked by high acidity and firm, sometimes rugged tannins, giving a robust medium-to-full body. **Where it grows** — it is widespread in southern France's Languedoc-Roussillon, where gnarled old vines yield some of its finest wines, and it plays a supporting role in many Mediterranean blends. In Spain it appears as Cariñena and in Sardinia as Carignano. It is also grown in Chile and California. **At the table** — good with grilled sausages, lamb and tomato-based stews. **Cellaring** — old-vine examples can age a decade, but most are best enjoyed within a few years.

Wines

• Antonin et Louis — Mas de la Seranne
• Atemporal — Bodegas Torres
• Barrua — Agricola Punica
• Bila-Haut Côtes du Roussillon Villages — Michel Chapoutier
• Borès — Clos i Terrasses
• Cabanon Rouge — Cave de L'Estabel
• Cabrières Cabanon — Fulcrand
• Calce Laïs — Olivier Pithon
• Cap Sentit — Celler de Capçanes
• Cap Sentit — Terra i Vins
• Cap Sentit — Capçanes
• Carignan — Château de Cazeneuve
• Carignan Côtes Catalanes — Olivier Pithon
• Carignan de Schistes — Le Roc des Anges
• Chateau Musar — Gaston Hochar
• Chateau Valmont l'Aventure — Ruhlmann
• Château La Sauvageonne Grand Vin — Gérard Bertrand
• Cinso Bistro — Chateau Beaubois
• Clos d'Ora — Gérard Bertrand
• Colón — Bodegas Mugas (Muga)