The Carignan grape is highly resistant to over-ripening. It grows well on old vines and in dry, warm soils.

Carignan wines has notes reminiscent of wild red berries and produces a very good expression of fresh fruit with good acidity and dry, lively tannins.

About Carignan

The Carignan grape is called:

• Carignan in France
• Cariñena in Spain
• Carignano in Italy
• Mazuleo in La Rioja (Spain)

Carignan is found as a blendig wine all around the world:

• In many DOs in Spain
• In many AOCs in France
• In many DOCs in Italy
• In many AVAs in the USA

Carignan Regions

In France, about 30% of Carignan is plasnted in Languedoc-Roussillon, where it normally produces wines like "Vin de Pays" or "Vin de France".

In Spain it grows mainly in Aragon and Catalonia (DO Priorat and DO Montsant).

The grape is also planted in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia and Turkey.

The Carignan grape is highly resistant to over-ripening. It grows well on old vines and in dry, warm soils.

Carignan wines has notes reminiscent of wild red berries and produces a very good expression of fresh fruit with good acidity and dry, lively tannins.