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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2005 and 2007 (based on 5 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 81.6 pts. and median of 84 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by james.williams5599@gmail.com on 11/5/2023: * (53 views) | | | Tasted by balassis on 5/28/2007 & rated 74 points: Unfortunately this wine is in decline.
Lacks of fruit and comlexity.
Smell of oxidization.
Unpleasant. (2847 views) | | | Tasted by scyrene on 11/18/2006 & rated 84 points: Deep grey-red. Rich, plummy-fruit nose with plenty of fresh-baked bread. Straightforward and welcoming. Intense, spicy flavour. Lots of red fruit, good tannin and a slightly bitter finish. Warming and rich. Blend of Syrah, Petite Syrah, Carignane, Barbera, Zinfandel, Malbec and Mourvèdre. (2976 views) | | | Tasted by GolferChris on 8/3/2005 & rated 80 points: Very dull wine. Not much fruit, no complexity. (3343 views) | | | Tasted by cbbrown3 on 6/25/2005 & rated 85 points: Not as rich and concentrated as past vintages. Turned fairly earthy after being opened for a while. (2492 views) | | | Tasted by SadEdjo on 10/26/2003: fresh rhone-like quaffer. (2372 views) |
| Bonny Doon Vineyard Producer website
Bonny Doon was sold in early 2020 to "WarRoom", a wine production and marketing entity formed in 2018. Per a January 2020 Decanter article - https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/californias-bonny-doon-sold-430550/ - "Graham will retain creative control of Bonny Doon’s wines, but production will change from 35,000 cases of 15 different wines annually to just four wines: the flagship red Rhône blend Le Cigare Volant; Le Cigare Blanc (based on Vermentino); Vin Gris de Cigare (a Rhône varietal rosé); and a 100% Picpoul."Red Blend.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson CaliforniaNapa Valley.http://www.stagecoachvineyard.com/vineyards/our_vineyards.php
Santa Ynez.http://www.everyvine.com/org/Camp_Four/vineyard/Camp_Four/ |
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