2024 Desire Lines Evangelo Carignan, Contra Costa County
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 92 Points
Aromatic, elegant and forthcoming in pristinely focused fruit, the nose of this immediately attractive Carignan offers aromas of pomegranate syrup, hibiscus agua fresca, cranberry sauce, pink peppercorn, Schezuan peppercorn, black peppercorn, licorice root and dark forest earth. It is vibrantly fresh, supple in texture although mildly tannic, and sleek in body, with piquant, lingering flavors of hibiscus, cranberry sauce, pomegranate, red raspberry, peppercorn and licorice root. Delicious and food-worthy now, if should grow more so over the next several years.