Calmel & Joseph Vieux Carignan ' La Fabrique' 2022
94 POINTS: The Tasting Panel Magazine Sept/October 2022
94 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Panel
90 POINTS: James Suckling
17 POINTS: Jancis Robinson MW
Certified Organic
"Gnarly 100 year old Carignan vines produce this beauty. Dark purple with soaring aromas of boysenberry, leather and flowers. Rich and robust, but with smooth rounded tannins. An absolute joy!"
- Wine Direct Tasting Panel
"A dense, deep violet with inky black reflections. The nose is classically old Carignan with its aromas of fresh strawberry and grape followed by more intense notes of blackberry, black fig, and laurel but also green peppercorns. The tannins are well rounded, fine, very elegant, and persistent. In the mouth we find an exemplary 100% Carignan from vines planted in 1895 – a real “old Carignan” – with its fabulous red fruit, wonderful freshness, and rich texture full of juicy gariguette strawberries, white flowers, and exotic, spicy notes. This exceptional parcel selection is the expression of a superb altitude terroir that offers a superb vivacity characteristic of Carignan in counterpoint to the intense power of this emblematic Mediterranean variety."
Founded in 1995, Calmel & Joseph is a maison de négoce specializing in Languedoc-Roussillon wines from private wineries from across the region. Convinced of the extraordinary potential of this region, oenologist, Laurent Calmel, and Jerome Joseph work together on the vinification, blending and ageing of wines with the common purpose of demonstrating the little known yet unique quality of these Mediterranean terroirs.
ABV 14.5%