Carignane Old Vines Little Big Block Vineyard, 2022, Birichino Rose gastronomic and just full of

gastronomic and just full of layers and complexity

Wonderful Champagne

aged for four months in used oak on its lees for texture

with each variety fermented separately in concrete tanks

just south of Avize

Carignane Old Vines Little Big Block Vineyard, 2022, Birichino Rose gastronomic and just full ofWe love the wines of Birichino in Santa Cruz California, who specialise in a special kind of sourcery: using intense, concentrated old vine fruit to make wines that are medium bodied, elegant and balanced, without any flab or excess. This comes from a small vineyard in Contra Costa planted in 1895 (!). It's spicy, peppery and unfurls with lovely dark cherry fruit and hints of anise.