Toucan Wines 2008 Carignane – Evangelho Vineyard – Monopole Pasadena
Contra Costa County
Produced & Bottled by Toucan Wines
Arroyo Grande, California
Alcohol: 15.9% by volume
2008 Toucan Wines Carignane Contra Costa County Evangelho Vineyard; 15.9% alc., $32
Dark, with strongly perfumed aromatics of Santa Rosa plums, orange zest, fennel, and white pepper. Assertive mouth-filling flavors follow the aroma. Toucan Carignan has many of the characteristics of Petite Sirah, but with livelier acids and greater complexity. No trace of Carignan’s typical bitterness. Tannins are well-controlled. A superb example of New World Carignane. Highly recommended.
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For deliveries to our winery and vineyard:
Toucan Wines
Doug Timewell or Terrie Leivers
3850 Acre Wood Place
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
We can be reached directly by phone at (805) 474-8514
or by email doug@toucanwines.com
Our winery and vineyard is located on the Central Coast of California about 9 miles from the old Village of Arroyo Grande. Toucan Wines is located in the Arroyo Grande Valley AVA roughly 12 miles from the ocean.
Wine Tasting
We’ll pour samples of our wine this Saturday afternoon 1pm to 5pm at Lund’s in the Village of Arroyo Grande. We do not hold events or taste our wine at the winery location.
Lund’s (Sat. 1-5 pm)
Village of Arroyo Grande
133 E. Branch
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
805-473-1184
2008 Toucan Wines “Old Vine” Carignane
(120 year old Evangelho Vineyard)
$32/bottle
— only 217 cases produced —
Harvested from the low-yielding 120 year old vines, grown in the Evangelho vineyard in Contra Costa County. This wine was slowly fermented after a period of cold soaking and pressed to a combination of French, Hungarian and American oak barrels for 17 months. The resulting wine is a classic varietal bottling from this outstanding old vine vineyard. This wine is big and beautiful with elegant plump berry on the palate and a beautiful finish. It’s great now, but consider laying down a case of this wine, as I expect it to improve with another year or two in the bottle. Read the whole story…
“Dark, with strongly perfumed aromatics of Santa Rosa plums, orange zest, fennel, and white pepper. Assertive mouth-filling flavors follow the aroma. Toucan Carignan has many of the characteristics of Petite Sirah, but with livelier acids and greater complexity. No trace of Carignane’s typical bitterness. Tannins are well-controlled. A superb example of New World Carignane. Highly recommended.” — Alan Boehmer, Suite101.com
