Côtes du Rhône Rouge AOP 2022 Carabiniers Organic Wine

Nutritional information per 100 ml

Contains negligible amounts of fat, saturates, protein and salt.

Grenache

Grenache is widespread and now one of the world's most important red grape varieties. It probably originated in Aragón in northern Spain. Its spread would then have been due to the Crown of Aragon, a historical state that existed from 1137 to the end of the Middle Ages and gradually extended across much of the Mediterranean. Its broad distribution has given it numerous synonyms. In Spain it is known as Grenache and Garnacha, in Catalonia as Granatxa and in Sardinia as Cannonau. France now leads Grenache cultivation with around 97,000 hectares, followed by Spain with 86,000 hectares. The variety is also significantly represented in Australia, Argentina, California, Israel, Greece, Chile and South Africa. Grenache produces mainly red wines, and less frequently white and rosé wines. The wines are usually rich in alcohol. Made on its own, the grape can achieve a natural alcohol content of up to 16 per cent by volume. Low in tannins and colour, the wine is initially pale, soon turning brick red through rapid oxidation. Despite their high alcohol, single-variety Grenache wines are soft and fruity, making them ideal blending partners. Spanish Rioja is a well-known example. Under suitable climatic conditions and with low yields, however, the variety can also produce concentrated wines with ageing potential.

2020 vintage

Silver Mundus Vini Biofach 2023

89/100 points FALSTAFF

Firm Côtes du Rhône with herbal notes of sage and Mediterranean garrigue herbs, alongside light aromas of black tea and elder.

Carabiniers

Domaine des Carabiniers lies north of Avignon, where the Rhône’s alluvial plain gives way to the hillier hinterland. Alongside Côtes-du-Rhône, we find the appellations Tavel and Lirac here, less familiar to us but highly regarded in France. The estate covers an impressive 48ha, organically cultivated since 1998. The wines are very traditional, which for the whites and rosés means a little heavy for our German tastes. We appreciate the rich reds all the more: thanks to gnarled vines averaging 35 years old, they are complex and layered.