RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Old vine Mokelumne River-Lodi Carignan in early June. #carignan #oldvines #lodiwine #lodiwincountry #randycaparosophotography
#randycaparosophotography #lodiwincountry #lodiwine #oldvines #carignan
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Manassero Vineyard; own-rooted Carignan planted in 1960, Mokelumne River-Lodi Viticultural Area. #carignan #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography #ownrooted
#ownrooted #randycaparosophotography #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #carignan
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Flowering among own-rooted old vine Carignan, south side of Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation. #carignan #oldvines #ownrooted #randycaparosophotography
#randycaparosophotography #ownrooted #oldvines #carignan
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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In The Wine Makers Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MPbSXgNUnim0wMLCGtSQ3), Marchelle's Greg La Follette and I taste and talk about Lodi wines from the oldest vines in the appellation, plus lots of Lodi history, terroir, viticulture and minimal intervention winemaking! #randycaparoso #ownrooted #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #ancientvines #oldvines #zinfandel #cinsaut #carignan #winemakerspod #marchelle
#marchelle #winemakerspod #carignan #cinsaut #zinfandel #oldvines #ancientvines #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #ownrooted #randycaparoso
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Gnarly arm of 123-year-old vine, Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation. #ancientvines #oldvines #carignan #ownrooted #randycaparosophotography #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry
#lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #randycaparosophotography #ownrooted #carignan #oldvines #ancientvines
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Gauzy spring morning in ancient vine Carignan block, Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation. #ancientvines #oldvines #ownrooted #carignan #randycaparosophotography #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry
#lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #randycaparosophotography #carignan #ownrooted #oldvines #ancientvines
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Ancient vine Carignan bud break #2, Mokelumne River-Lodi AVA. #ancientvines #oldvines #ownrooted #carignan #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography
#randycaparosophotography #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #carignan #ownrooted #oldvines #ancientvines
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Long, lichen crusted spur of Carignan over 120 years old on west side of Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation. #ownrooted #carignan #ancientvines #oldvines #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #randycaparosophotography
#randycaparosophotography #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #oldvines #ancientvines #carignan #ownrooted
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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In today's lodiwine.com/blog, why old vines are more important than ever, not just in California but also to wine cognoscenti all around the world...
[https://www.lodiwine.com/blog/Ten-reasons-why-old-vines-are-more-important-than-ever-all-around-the-world](https://www.lodiwine.com/blog/Ten-reasons-why-old-vines-are-more-important-than-ever-all-around-the-world) #oldvines #ancientvines #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #ownrooted #zinfandel #carignan #cinsaut #missiongrape
#missiongrape #cinsaut #carignan #zinfandel #ownrooted #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #ancientvines #oldvines
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Close-up of Carignan bud break. #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography #carignan #ancientvines #oldvines #ownrooted
#ownrooted #oldvines #ancientvines #carignan #randycaparosophotography #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Lodi snapshots: Cat on old vine. #ownrooted #ancientvines #oldvines #carignan #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography
#randycaparosophotography #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #carignan #oldvines #ancientvines #ownrooted
Glen L Creasy · @SabrosiaVit
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Snow in the Languedoc! A pic of one of our Gobelet trained Carignan vines resting under the white blanket! #Languedoc #Vine #TerrassesDuLarzac #Carignan #Vineyard #Snow
#languedoc #vine #terrassesdularzac #carignan #vineyard #snow
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Literal taste of old vine Carignan on west side of Mokelumne River-Lodi AVA. #carignan #oldvines #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography
#randycaparosophotography #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #oldvines #carignan
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Just-pruned 60-year-old, own-rooted Carignan in Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation. #carignan #oldvines #ownrooted #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography
#randycaparosophotography #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #ownrooted #oldvines #carignan
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Carignan grapes and picking knife. #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography #carignan #oldvines #historicvineyardsociety #historicvineyards
#historicvineyards #historicvineyardsociety #oldvines #carignan #randycaparosophotography #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine
MsPullThatCork · @Nancy
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I hear #SaturdayNightRed is a thing. I approve. #OldVine #Carignan #wine
#saturdaynightred #oldvine #carignan #wine
RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
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Stormy weather; own-rooted, old vine Carignan, west side of Lodi's Mokelumne River AVA. #carignan #LodiWine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography #ownrooted #oldvines
#oldvines #ownrooted #randycaparosophotography #lodiwinecountry #lodiwine #carignan
Ella :orangewine: · @sandswimmer
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Extracting the intense #red juice from #Carignan grapes at Terroir al Limit, #Torroja, #Catalonia, #Spain.
#red #carignan #torroja #catalonia #spain #wine #winery #winemaking
Gabriella Nonino :orangewine: · @sandswimmer
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#Carignan (Carinyena or Samsó in Catalonia) is an #autochthonous, very old Spanish variety that starts its journey in Aragon / Catalonia and becomes wildly adopted throughout the Med.
Fast forward several centuries later and its cultivation is so endemic that vignerons are actively encouraged to please plant something else under the EU “vine pull scheme” regulations.
Which brings me to this potent 100% organic Carinyena of 2020 made by Celler Aixalà Alcait, which smells older than it tastes with its tertiary hints of stewed cherries, fresh tobacco, recently vacated leather sofa + dry-cured ham left behind on a plate.
On the palate perhaps not quite there yet although it would make a happy pairing it with something roasted and dripping in fat. It really needs to hide in a cellar for the next four years to reach its full potential.
#Wine #Priorat #Catalonia #OrganicWine #Epicure #WineTasting #CatalanWines
#carignan #autochthonous #wine #priorat #catalonia #organicwine #epicure #winetasting #catalanwines
Gabriella Nonino · @sandswimmer
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Today was out of sink. The trip to La Terra Alta got cancelled while I was half way there so took a left turn to grab a bite to eat at Falset. Falset is the capital of #Priorat, which is wine terms is #Catalonia's holy cow.
For those of you unfamiliar Priorat here is a mini presentation: Priorat is the Catalan answer to La Rioja because La Rioja is the answer to the wines of Bordeaux.
The classic Priorat blend is made of Carinyena (#Carignan) and Garnatxa (#Grenache). What sets this region apart is its complex #topography (very steep hills) and geology (lots of #slate, locally known as licorella). Because of the pendency grapes can only be hand harvested and because of this viticulture in Priorat falls under the definition of Viticultura Heroica (Heroic #Viticulture).
Some pictures taken today:
#priorat #catalonia #carignan #grenache #topography #slate #viticulture #wine #photography #winephotography