Winery Cerf ClubHeadwater Carignane
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The Headwater Carignane of the Winery Cerf Club is in the top 0 of wines of Mendocino.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cerf Club's Headwater Carignane.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Amarela
Structured, intensely coloured reds with a dark ruby color, firm tannins and a dense palate, offering intense aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), plum, black cherry, spices, pepper, aromatic herbs and balsamic notes. Fine cellaring potential. Traditional component of great Douro DOC reds, Porto, as well as Alentejo DOC and Tejo DOC wines. Portuguese synonym for trincadeira (or trincadeira preta), a signature indigenous Portuguese variety.
Informations about the Winery Cerf Club
The Winery Cerf Club is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Mendocino to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Mendocino
General AVA of Mendocino County (northern California) with varied micro-climates: signature historic Zinfandel as king red (planted by Italian migrants in the late 19th c. ), notably Redwood Valley and Mendocino Ridge - spicy, peppery reds, ripe and candied black fruits, fleshy tannins. Also fresh, fine Pinot Noir (~2,700 ac) on foggy coastal sectors, Carignan, Petite Sirah, Syrah and Grenache. Warm inland zones for Cabernet and Merlot, an eclectic Italo-Burgundian identity.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Hautain (en)
Pruning of the vine in height.
