Winery Dogwood & ThistleCarignan
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and spicy food.
Food and wine pairings with Carignan
Pairings that work perfectly with Carignan
Original food and wine pairings with Carignan
The Carignan of Winery Dogwood & Thistle matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or spicy food such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels or monkfish armorican style.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dogwood & Thistle's Carignan.
Discover the grape variety: Béclan
Light, fruity reds with a clear ruby hue, smooth tannins and a soft palate with fresh acidity; undemonstrative aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), gentle spices and Jura floral notes. Airy high-altitude style, best drunk young. Preserved for its heritage value, it survives in a few confidential plots in the Jura. Native French black grape of the Jura, also called méclan, near-extinct.
Informations about the Winery Dogwood & Thistle
The Winery Dogwood & Thistle is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 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: Disgorging (champagne)
This is the evacuation of the deposit formed by the yeasts during the second fermentation in the bottle, by opening the bottle. The missing volume is completed with the liqueur de dosage - a mixture of wine and cane sugar - before the final cork is placed. For some years now, some producers have been replacing this sugar with rectified concentrated musts (concentrated grape juice) which give excellent results. A too recent dosage (less than three months) harms the gustatory harmony of the champagne.
