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| Drinking window: Drink between 2006 and 2011 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 85.4 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jasper May on 7/3/2012 & rated 83 points: Red to orange, with bricking - slightly muddy nose, some alcohol and cedar. Rather lacking in fruit, the acidity brightens it a bit, but the palate is a trifle hollow, with a short and hot finish. (1561 views) | | | Tasted by Bellissimo on 2/9/2010 & rated 82 points: Barnyard, crushed rock and wood on the nose. Fairly tannic wine but really a short sour cherry taste. Tannins stay with you but that's it. (1654 views) | | | Tasted by winepog on 1/12/2010 & rated 84 points: Good QPR, but lacking depth. Nice aroma, but fades a bit too quickly. (1578 views) | | | Tasted by winepog on 11/12/2009 & rated 87 points: Fresh and bright...easy to drink for a whimsical occasion. keep some on have for some wonderful QPR.... (1686 views) | | | Tasted by ml1 on 5/25/2009 & rated 87 points: medium color. some funk on the nose made me think this would be in italian-style sangiovese. it's not. very tart with sour cherries and some faint black pepper. still fairly tannic. a simple wine, but pretty tasty. (1826 views) | | | Tasted by SadofskyDS on 5/1/2009: light acidic medium body, tart fruit and short finish. (1111 views) | | | Tasted by MarkPTheCFP on 2/8/2009 & rated 82 points: Not much fruit. Great for the price [$8], but not a great wine. Short finish. Great with a general pasta dinner at home. (1055 views) | | | Tasted by umazz on 11/2/2008 & rated 85 points: Not so dry, big fruit, cherry like. A nice Sangiovese, not at all like an Italian though. (873 views) | | | Tasted by Patou99 on 8/31/2008 & rated 88 points: Excellent Sangiovese, lots of red fruit with a nice persistant finish. (1367 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 4/21/2007 & rated 86 points: Medium red color; appealing nose of sweet cherry, black cherry; good tart red fruit entry, cedar, good acidity; short-medium finish 86+ pts. (855 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (4/21/2007)
(Bonny Doon Vineyard Sangiovese Ca' del Solo) Medium red color; appealing nose of sweet cherry, black cherry; good tart red fruit entry, cedar, good acidity; short-medium finish 86+ pts. 86 points |
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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."SangioveseSANGIOVESE: (Pronounced "sahn-joh-vhe-se").
Sangiovese - Italy's claim to fame, the pride of Tuscany. Traditionally made, the wines are full of cherry fruit, earth, and cedar. It produces Chianti (Classico), Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montepulciano, Montefalco Rosso, and many others. Sangiovese is also the backbone in many of the acclaimed, modern-styled "Super-Tuscans", where it is blended with Bordeaux varietals (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc) and typically aged in French oak barrels, resulting a wine primed for the international market in the style of a typical California cabernet: oaky, high-alcohol, and a ripe, jammy, fruit-forward profile.[16]
Semi-classic grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy. Used to produce the Chianti and other Tuscan red wines. Has many clonal versions, two of which seem to predominate. The Sangiovese Grosso clone Brunello variety is used for the dark red, traditionally powerful and slow-maturing "Brunello di Montalcino" wine. The other is the Sangiovese Piccolo, also known under the historical synonym name Sangioveto, used for standard Chianti Classico DOC wines. Old vine derived wine is often used in the better versions, needing several years ageing to reach peak. A third clone, Morellino, is used in a popular wine blend with the same name found in the southern part of the province. Recent efforts in California with clones of this variety are very promising, producing medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or plumlike flavors and aromas. Among the available clonal versions are R6 and R7, derived from the Montalcino region of Italy, having average productivity/ripening and producing small berries on medium size clusters. R10 and R24 are well-recommended. R23, listed as deriving from the Emilia-Romagna region, has good vigor with medium-small clusters with earlier ripening. R102 derives from the Montepulciano region and reported to have average vigor with moderate productivity that results in higher sugar levels and good acidity from medium-small berries on medium-small clusters. Has synonym name of Nielluccio where grown in Corsica.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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