100% Carignan (pirouette 6 is code for 2006 btw)
Very interesting wine - extremely reductive nose on opening farmyard animal and plain stinky masking barely noticable hints of clove spice and dark plum - cleans up considerably 1hr after decanting to an earthy barnyard rather than old cowshed, still not exactly pretty - but! - lovely on the palette, rich warm generous dark fruit spicy well balanced, grippy integrated tannins with quite a chalky mineral core - hold your nose and drink up