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| Drinking window: Drink between 2012 and 2016 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by iByron on 1/28/2014 & rated 89 points: Clear, bright medium gold in the glass. Floral, tropical (banana, ripe mango), spiced honey nose. Full body on the palate with moderate, warm climate acidity. Banana cream, beeswax, spiced honey, dried apple...were these grapes botrytized? White Rhône from California can be a dream and this wine is the dreamiest. Drink now or through 2019. (1794 views) | | | Tasted by ucbeau on 12/6/2013: Showing a bit of oxidation, this had bruised apple, beeswax, nectarine, and tropical fruit flavors and aromas. The acid is well integrated and helps hold together the wines ripe flavors. Probably near its peak. (1703 views) | | | Tasted by Mauest on 8/23/2013 & rated 91 points: Outstanding Rhone style white (1740 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 3/29/2012 & rated 89 points: Earthy tobacco notes on the nose. Palate has good acid along with good mouthfeel and balance. (2367 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 3/8/2012: Bonny Doon Vineyard Masterclass (Fix St. James, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney): Nose medium intensity, beeswax, citrus, mineral stone fruit
Mouth medium plus acidity, phenolic grip, butter, cream, marzipan - nutty. stone fruit - apricot...sweet spice. medium plus body, medium flavour intensity, alcohol. Dry. Complex. Lovely. Very good. (2509 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, November/December 2011, IWC Issue #159
(Bonny Doon Vineyard Le Cigare Blanc Reserve En Bonbonne Arroyo Seco) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| 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."2009 Bonny Doon Vineyard Le Cigare Blanc Reserve En Bonbonne60.5% grenache blanc, 395% roussanne
Vineyard: Beeswax
Alcohol by Volume: 14.4%
TA: 4.5 g/L
pH: 3.85
Production: 233 cases
White Rhone BlendA white wine containing two or more Rhône varieties, including: Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne, Clairette, Grenache Blanc and Bourboulenc. 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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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