Carr Winery opened on Salsipuedes in April 2007. At the shiny tasting room bar, handmade from oak barrels, Ryan Carr’s wife Jessica is pouring a tasty Cabernet Franc and Roxy, a big brown dog, is nosing for attention.
It was a major job getting this circa 1940s Quonset hut ready for wine production. Environmentally friendly fireproof insulatin now keeps the room at 58 degrees….
Bright ruby with magenta highlights, the wine has warm, soft, and inviting aromas of strawberry, cherry, blueberry, blackberry, clove, allspice, and tarragon. On the palate, it is lusciously round, full, and silky, with dark berry fruit, clove, vanilla, and light tar flavors, moderate alcohol, and rather soft acids that liven up towards the juicy, tarry, gently chewy finish. What I enjoyed the most about this wine was that while it was brilliantly varietally expressive, it felt like it was about a place, not about winemaking. – Catherine Fallis